new to linux...need help with network

[Tom Mitchell]

On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 05:58:53PM -0500, Robert Teed top posted and wrote:
> 
> Thanks for the info, I will check it out, I thought maybe I would try a new 
> PCI network card. I have a netgear FA311 im going to try that out.
> 
> 
> >From: dalen <dalen at czexan.net>
> >Robert Teed wrote:
> >
> >>It works great except I cant connect to the internet, It doesnt seem to 
> >>notice my  builtin network

As others have sugested try using the network setup tool
first.   "lspci | grep -i ether" will give you enough
info about the hardware to do a productive Google.

Having a second network card in a single box can complicate things for you.
At some point when the second card wakes up you have two lines and have
to instruct the system which to use and for what.

If the graphical tools do not get things running, you may need to
inspect and perhaps edit /etc/sysconfig/network and the files in the
directory /etc/sysconfig/networking.   

It is good to inspect these files on a healthy machine.  Having seen a
working setup can be a big help in fixing a busted setup.  So even if
the GUI tools work for you give the configuration files a look (pg,
more, less, view).



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