Hi Lets determine a few things. First of all it looks like you are missing some packages notably dhcpcd and inetd. There is no way to know if your system is complete and I would recommend that you reinstall and choose the complete install of disksets a ap d e f n k if you want you can leave out f. also yo u can leave out y and tcl and all the x disksets. I usually do this and then delete packages I don't want later.. After that. First are you getting an address from your dhcp server? do ifconfig eth0 and see if it gives an address you'll see init address 1.2.3.4 if so then check to ensure you can ping your providers gateway this would be ping 1.2.3.1 if your providers gateway doesn't let you ping it ping a site like ping 216.109.125.65 this is the IP of one of many of yahoo's IPs. It will respond if everything is working. If the ping is successful then varify that you have a resolve.conf file in place you can create one like this cd /etc cat >resolv.conf search rr.com nameserver 24.30.200.3 then press control c then try to ping www.yahoo.com if it works you should be fine. If not here are some things to check. try running the command dhcpcd -h hostname when I was looking at some computers from some cable companies like comcast they required a specific hostname like CC1030455B so you would have to do dhcpcd -h hostname to get it to work One more thing some cable companies requires you to call them and give them the new MAC address of your network card. Also if this is another computer you may have to cycle the power on your cable modem. Unplug the modem for approx 35-45 seconds or up to a minute to be sure then replace it's electrical connection and try again. Do not forget to call tech support to give another MAC address if you try everything and it still does not work. ----- Patrick Turnage E-mail: pturnage at tampabay.rr.com AOL Instant Messenger: kg4dqk Home Page: http://www.access-connect.com Connecting the world to access technology information.
