I have a Dell Inspiron Laptop. I am using DUal boot with Lilo under Windows and linux. I was able to plug my laptop in to my linksys router and work with linux on my network and internet with out a problem. I dont see why your running in to problems At 06:33 AM 10/11/02 -0400, you wrote: >OK I'll try that. > >Yes, I'm not going to give up. I really really want to switch over to >linux. >Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. I'm >sick of Winblows! >----- Original Message ----- >From: <jwantz at babel.hpcc.noaa.gov> >To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> >Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 10:21 PM >Subject: Re: more network problems > > > > Hi Alex, > > I really think you should try invoking your dhcp client by hand. Some > > dhcp servers refuse to work with pump. I like dhcpcd better because it > > is easier to trace problems. First try: > > pump -i eth0. Wait about a minute and try to ping a known ip address > > e.g.: > > ping -c 4 140.90.149.1 > > If it hangs and/or tells you that the network is unreachable, Then it > > probably didn't get an ip. To check to make sure try ifconfig [enter]. > > At this point see if you have the dhcpcd program. dhcpcd -d -H > > Note that the -H switch is upper case. If it is there it'll try to > > connect for up to 60 seconds. If it works, it will display your ip > > along with other information. Whatever you do, don't give up! > > > > Jim Wantz WB0TFK > > On Thu, 10 > > Oct 2002, Alex Snow wrote: > > > > > Ok that sounds like a good think to try. If that fails I might have to > > > solve this the microsoft way;format and reinstall, but I really really >don't > > > want to do that. > > > Explorer has caused a general protection fault in module kernel32.dll. >I'm > > > sick of Winblows! > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Adam Myrow" <amyrow at midsouth.rr.com> > > > To: <speakup at braille.uwo.ca> > > > Sent: Thursday, October 10, 2002 5:38 PM > > > Subject: Re: more network problems > > > > > > > > > > If you find a rc.firewall script, you or somebody would have to have >put > > > > it there. Yes, you could delete it, but this isn't your problem >because > > > > the script isn't run until your network is up. By the way, when you >run > > > > netconfig and choose DHCP, it asks for a hostname and says that some > > > > providers require it. Leave it blank unless you are 100% sure you >need > > > > it. I didn't need it with Road Runner, but reportedly, some providers > > > > require it. Maybe your router requires a hostname or you've set it to > > > > require one. In any case, like I said, try a direct connection to >your > > > > cable modem first. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Speakup mailing list > > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Speakup mailing list > > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > >_______________________________________________ >Speakup mailing list >Speakup at braille.uwo.ca >http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup
