Internet Connection in Zenwalk

Internet Connection in Zenwalk

[Peter]

Hi,

Recently I had a look at Zenwalk-4 distro which is slackware based with 
kernel-2.6.18.1. I kind of like what I see, however, I can't make it connect 
to the Internet.

On booting I get

Starting the Network
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/dhcpcd -d -t 60  eth0
dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:08:a1:9c:43:3a
dhcpcd[2211]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER

dhcpcd[2211]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response

Could it be a missing module?

Here is lsmod for my slackware-11 w/o the sound bits

ipv6                  206336  10 
sg                     24988  0 
pcmcia                 28580  0 
yenta_socket           21772  0 
rsrc_nonstatic         10496  1 yenta_socket
pcmcia_core            33040  3 pcmcia,yenta_socket,rsrc_nonstatic
dmfe                   16540  0 
agpgart                26716  0 
lp                      9160  0 
parport_pc             23236  1 
parport                28872  2 lp,parport_pc
psmouse                33288  0

and here for zenwalk gain w/o the sound bits

nls_iso8859_1           3584  2
vfat                    6912  2
fat                    30236  1 vfat
video                  10372  0
thermal                 7944  0
processor              16720  1 thermal
fuse                   24852  0
fan                     2436  0
dmfe                   11676  0
button                  3472  0
ac    
via_agp                 4736  1    
agpgart                16332  1 via_agp
ehci_hcd               19080  0 
uhci_hcd               13708  0 
tulip                  35744  0 
tsdev                   3904  0 
evdev                   5504  0

doing /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start
gives the same as on booting, sitting for a long time trying to connect 
unsuccessfully.

Suggestions much appreciated.

Regards
-- 
Peter

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Re: Internet Connection in Zenwalk

[Chuck Gelm]

Peter wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Recently I had a look at Zenwalk-4 distro which is slackware based with 
> kernel-2.6.18.1. I kind of like what I see, however, I can't make it connect 
> to the Internet.
>
> On booting I get
>
> Starting the Network
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/route add -net 127.0.0.0 netmask 255.0.0.0 lo
> /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1:  /sbin/dhcpcd -d -t 60  eth0
> dhcpcd: MAC address = 00:08:a1:9c:43:3a
> dhcpcd[2211]: broadcasting DHCP_DISCOVER
>
> dhcpcd[2211]: timed out waiting for a valid DHCP server response
>
> Could it be a missing module?
>   
Hi, Peter:

 I use Slackware.  Slackware is BSD'ish in its filenames and locations.
I see a 'tulip' driver installed so you probably have a network card.
I'd like to see the output of 'ifconfig -a' to make sure that an 'eth'
device exists.  Please also include physical information about your
internet connection. You gave no information about your internet
connection, only that you are trying to obtain one. :-|

 Do you have a cable or DSL modem? 
( Why are you expecting to find a DHCP server on the other end of
  your ethernet cable? ;-)
Perhaps you have a DSL modem and you should be running PPPOE
instead of DHCP.
If you have a cable/DSL modem, are their 'internet activity' lamps lit?
Often the last thing to do is to cold power cycle the cable/DSL modem
and then run 'dhcpcd -d eth0'.

'ifconfig -a' to show what network devices are present.
'ifconfig' to show what network devices are configured.


HTH, Chuck

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