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[Himura251]

I'm gonna admit that i am a noob when it come to linux (but i am learning). So any way i have Knoppix, and boot it from a cd. So when i boot Knoppix Live CD and get into it and all i have no internet connection. So can anyone help me get Knoppix to connect to the internet. I have both the wire and wireless.

[Himura251]

oh and if it helps, im running Knoppix on a Dell Inspiron 1150.

Himura

[rec9140]

I'm gonna admit that i am a noob when it come to linux (but i am learning). So any way i have Knoppix, and boot it from a cd. So when i boot Knoppix Live CD and get into it and all i have no internet connection. So can anyone help me get Knoppix to connect to the internet. I have both the wire and wireless.

Did you run the netcardconfig setup and still no connection?

Boot the CD, then click the Penquin in the lower bar/(aka kicker) and then Network/Inetnet then click Netcard configuration.

If you have a router when it asks to use DHCP click yes. If it completes with out an error message or hanging up then try opening konqueror (the Gear with the planet inside) icon on the kicker and see if you can goto sites.

If not then do the following:

OPen a console (the computer screen looking icon on the kicker) then type ifconfig (hit enter)

You should get something similar to the first text.

Next type cat /etc/resolv.conf (hit enter)

You should get something similar to the second text.

rec9140@rickscne:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:EB:F9:23
inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:feeb:f923/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:166845 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:160134 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:111851710 (106.6 MiB) TX bytes:29801153 (28.4 MiB)
Interrupt:18 Base address:0x1080

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:4143 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:4143 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1117337 (1.0 MiB) TX bytes:1117337 (1.0 MiB)

rec9140@rickscne:~$ cat /etc/resolv.conf
search tampabay.rr.com
nameserver 65.32.5.74
nameserver 65.32.5.75
rec9140@rickscne:~$

Post your responses and we can go from there.

Wired will be far easier unless you have one of the few cards thats supported natively by linux. I have never had any success getting wireless to work as all the cards and USB ones I've tried just don't have linux support.

[Himura251]

Ok, the netcard config didn't work, it gave me a failed message. And ifconfig and cat /etc/resolv.conf, didn't work either, it sayed there was no such directory called "cat /etc/resolv.conf" So if you have any other advice that would help. oh and i also have Ubuntu on a CD if that will work better?

Himura

[Harry Kuhman]

Answer #3.

[rec9140]

Ok, the netcard config didn't work, it gave me a failed message. And ifconfig and cat /etc/resolv.conf, didn't work either, it sayed there was no such directory called "cat /etc/resolv.conf" So if you have any other advice that would help. oh and i also have Ubuntu on a CD if that will work better?

I can not help on the other distro as I have not used it.

If simple command line commands don't work then there may be bigger issues.

Try this step first. Click Penquin, Network/Internet, Netcard configuration.

When it asks about DHCP, click NO

Then enter:

If your router is 192.168.1.1 then use address 192.168.1. x where x will be replaced with the values below. If your router is 192.168.0.1 then use 192.168.0.x where x is the values below.

IP address: 192.168.0.2
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Name Servers: 208.67.222.222
Broadcast Address: Just accept it and hit enter
Default Gateway: 192.168.0.1

IF this still fails then.......

So we are following the same steps

On the bottom bar, there should be an icon that looks like a computer screen with a > _ in part of the scren probably next to an icon that looks like part of a gear with a planet inside it. Move your mosue slowly over them till the popup shows Konsole Terminal Program then click on it. Click on the computer screen. This should open up another screen and you probably will see something like:

knoppix@knoppix:$

type ifconfig
hit the enter key

You should get text similar to that in my post.

Then you should be back to the knoppix@knoppix:$ prompt

type cat /etc/resolv.conf

You will get text similar to the second section of my post.

If these are not working on the console window take your mouse and highlight all the text on the screen just like you do in that other w os. Then click on session and then click copy

Create a new message here and paste that text into the messave with CTRL-V just like w

Do this before booting up. It would be best to remove or disable any wireless cards/adaptors. If you can take the PC card out, or unplug the USB device. If its built in , most have a button on the case to disable it, push it to disable it.