FW: [SLE] DHCP & Networking - HTH

From: Batt Family (battfam_at_knology.net)
Date: 01/08/04

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Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 23:16:09 -0600

    Hi,

    I'm new to Linux and this is my first post. I use 8.2 Pro, and I'm
    unable to connect to the internet. I get an "error occurred while
    loading blah" and "unknown host blah" when I use the browser.

    Under Network Card configuration it reads 'Available are other (not
    detected)' but below that it reads 'Already configured devices: Ethernet
    controller configured as eth0 with DHCP.'

    I ran mii-diag and received "using default interface 'eth0' SIOCGMIIPHY
    on eth0 failed: no such device. I ran mii-tool and received "no mii
    interfaces found." I connect to the internet using a cable modem and my
    mobo has an onboard network interface controller. I have a dual boot
    system with SuSE Linux 8.2 Pro and Windows XP Pro. Any suggestions would
    be appreciated.

    -----Original Message-----
    From: humvee [mailto:humvee@btopenworld.com]
    Sent: Tuesday, December 30, 2003 5:59 PM
    To: suse-linux-e@suse.com
    Subject: [SLE] DHCP & Networking - HTH

    Hi All

    I have been struggling for some time to configure Suse 8.2 for network &

    internet access via a 2nd old computer running Smoothwall 1.0 and usb
    adsl
    (although I would imagine this would apply to anyone using a router as
    well
    but don't know for sure.)

    But I now have had success. I provide the detail in the hope that it
    helps
    someone else.

    Ensure that dhcpcd is installed.

    If you have a message - as i did -similar to:

    eth0 [dhcp] ...no IP address yet ......backgrounding during boot and
    subsequent rcnetwork restart does nothing and ifup/down/status/config
    doesn't
    help either it may be that you need to identify whether the acpi is the
    cause
    of the problem (seems from forum posts that this is more prevalent on
    newer
    systems) boot into safe mode. If this reveals an ip number for ethx
    where x=
    the number for your nic go into YAST2 as at 2) below.

    An additional problem was self-inflicted in as much that I had scanned a

    number of forums/maillists for help and had tried lots of different
    solutions
    and had basically scrambled the eth0 configuration!!

    The process I went through therefore was:

    1) a clean install of Suse. - I had been trying to set up my network
    for
    quite some time and had followed all sorts of advice from this list and
    many
    others and this had "clogged" up the process.

    2) I amended the GRUB bootloader via YAST2 to include the "acpi=off"
    instruction.

    path= YAST2_System_Boot Loader Configuration.

    Then select "Edit Configuration Files" and in the section of the file
    headed
    "Linux" enter "acpi=off" (without the quotes) - I entered this after the

    entry for "hdd=ide-scsi" but I imagine anywhere after the "root=" bit
    would
    work.

    3) My system is nVidia orientated so I then installed the latest kernel
    binary
    RPM to set up the nvidia mobo & nic. See:
    ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/nforce/1.0-0261/ReleaseNotes_Linux_nFo
    rce_1.0-0261.html
    (or later depending on when you might use this note)

    4) Restart the computer. (rcnetwork restart didn't do the job)

    5) Test your browser connectivity and it should - hopefully - all be
    working
    ;-)

    Anyway hope this helps someone and my thanks to all who have tried to
    help me.

    humvee
    (still a n00b and proud of it) 

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