Newly Installed Fc6 Cannot Connect to Internet

#1 4th March 2007, 06:26 PM

I had a few problems with Fc5 such as sound and Azureus, so I loaded Fc6 today. Now I cannot get online and I cannot even access my Lynksis router (192.168.1.1). During installation, the Eth0 install failed. Now what can I do?

u-noneinc-s · #2 4th March 2007, 06:34 PM

Maybe system-config-network will help

sdowney717 · #3 4th March 2007, 06:44 PM

system-administration-network

see if you can figure out whats going on with your ethernet card.
DHCP settings etc...

#4 4th March 2007, 07:10 PM

I have been working on the ethernet card configure, etc. I added primary and secondary DNS and also assigned the static IP. DO I need to know the default gateway address and the subnet mask? I dont have those numbers. But my wifi is working, which is why i am up on my laptop.

stevea · #5 4th March 2007, 08:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by atrain

I have been working on the ethernet card configure, etc. I added primary and secondary DNS and also assigned the static IP. DO I need to know the default gateway address and the subnet mask? I dont have those numbers. But my wifi is working, which is why i am up on my laptop.

Yes you do. The default gateway if your home router IP (192.168.1.1) fromyour previous post.

The mask (if you ar efollowing all the rules) is 255.255.255.0

This means your system must be assigned a FIXED IP address in the range of
192.168.1.2 .... 192.168.1.254

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My personal choice would be to explore the dhcp problem and make that work - especially on a laptop., but it's up to you.

-S

sdowney717 · #6 4th March 2007, 08:23 PM

the router should be set to supply IP numbers dynamically and your p ethernet should be set to use DHCP, not set to a static setting.

#7 4th March 2007, 10:35 PM

I did go through and config network settings. I put in the 1 and 2 DNS and also the default gateway and the mask. ( I hadnt realized that I knew those numbers). I enabled DHCP on the computer and on the router. I got rid of the static IP setting. Still, I cannot get to 192.168.1.1 with firefox. I am on a laptop now. The wifi is fine, but I cant get that PC online. Any more suggestions?

u-noneinc-s · #8 4th March 2007, 10:50 PM

I hope this isn't a stupid question. Have you started the network (or restarted it after changes)? service network start (or restart)

#9 5th March 2007, 12:20 AM

i completely restarted the whole system. Lynksis help (not very) told me to reinstall OS. THe only part of installation that failed was eth0. If you confirm that is a good suggestion, i will get started right away

u-noneinc-s · #10 5th March 2007, 12:41 AM

[QUOTE]THe only part of installation that failed was eth0.[QUOTE]If it failed, I would think "network" didn't start, but I don't pay a whold lot of attention to my boot process, so I could be wrong. I don't think a reboot would make any difference. .

At least it's worth a try before reinstalling.

Code:

chkconfig --list network

If it says on for the current run level, reinstall IF YOU MUST. If it says off

Code:

service network start

It can't hurt.

#11 5th March 2007, 03:02 AM

u-noneinc-s,
during boot i see that it stalls and ultimately fails for 'determining IP information for eth0"

I ran your commands, and after the first one i got 0. off 1. off 2. on 3. on 4.on 5. on 6. off

So I ran the second command, and it came up with determining IP information for eth0... FAILED.

then RTNETLINK answers: FILE exists (about 10 times)

I have spoken with ISP (RCN cable) and Linksys, neither of which can help at all. What do i do now? Are there drivers for eth0? How would i get them and how would I know what to get?

u-noneinc-s · #12 5th March 2007, 03:12 AM

Are you sure about your default route?

Code:

route

will show you.

#13 5th March 2007, 04:07 AM

route gives me 2 destinations in addition to the default.
192.168.1.0 genmask 255.255.255.0
169.254.0.0 genmask 255.255.0.0
default 192.168.1.1 genmask 0.0.0.0

I already set the default gateway to 192.168.1.1 (that is the default for this linksys router)

i have the 3Comm 3c905C-Tx/Tx-M [Tornado]

I am really stuck here.

#14 5th March 2007, 04:14 AM

More Information
system>administration>network configuration
eth0 is now Active. It had not been active before. I rebooted and it still cannot connect. I manually set a static IP to 192.168.1.99 with subnet mask 255.255.255.0 and default gateway as we discussed above.

On the Route tab, it says Static Network Routes, but there are none listed in the window.

I tried the comand netconfig but it is not recognized.

#15 6th March 2007, 05:01 AM

It was the kernel. Installed a new one and I am up and running. Thanks to all who helped!
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