From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Subject: Netconfig Fail Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 09:15:12 -0400 Message-ID: <20051006091512.7dd839e8.heisspf@skyinet.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Hi, Slackware 10.1 kernel 2.4.29 My onboard LAN card on the mobo failed and I had to switch to an external LAN card. I disabled in BIOS Ethernet onboard. Then I did netconfig. Slackware found the LAN card I entered all necessary data and the configuration went w/o any errors. However, I cannot connect to the Internet. On booting after the MAC address was found it should produce the the IP address which it does not. It just sits for a while then continues booting. The same happens when I do /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1. Ifconfig naturally shows no connection just the loop-back. Where is the hitch? I had no problem in Fedora4 to configure the new Lan card and in the gem Damned Small Linux distro, where I am now, the new LAN card was found w/o me doing anything. Help for slackware appreciated. Thanks & regards Peter - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs