Re: Please,Help Me

On Tue, 2008-09-16 at 12:23 -0700, mohammed magraby wrote:
>
> Dear MailMan,
>
>
>           I have a proplem, I am using fedora 9 on 6 machines "Intel
> Core 2 Due 2.40GHz, 1 GB of RAM., and I have a problem connecting to
> the LAN and Internet. I am wondering if out of the box I need to do
> something for Fedora to be able to get on the Internet and LAN.
>
>
> My network setup is as follows :
>
> 1 - Static IP to every machine
>
> 2 - I have 2 switches, the first is ASUS and the second is DLINK
>
> * All machines are unable to connect to the LAN
>
> * I just want to solve the problem on one machine with the following
> configuration :
>
> IP: 192.168.1.204
>
> SubNET Mask: 255.255.255.0
>
> GateWay: 192.168.1.1
>
> DNS: 192.168.1.1
>
> Static Host Name: Developer-3
>
>
>       * Network card model is RealTek
>
>       * I used Add/Remove Software to download The DeviceManager and I
>         think the " Add/Remove Software" tool seems to go on the
>         internet and download the "DeviceManager" because the yellow
>         light on the Ethernet card lights up, however when press on
>         the Install button nothing happens.
>         I made the network card status Activate, then I restarted the
>         computer, but always the symbol of the connection icon is"X"
>         and the message is "No network connection"
>         I tried it on one machine that also has Windows XP together
>         with Fedora 9. From Win XP I am able to get on the LAN and the
>         Internet but not with Fedora 9, although I have the same
>         network configurations on both OSes.
>
>
> Thanks.
>
>

try to run ifconfig in a terminal window, there you can see if your
network card is up
if it is not, I would do system-config-network and edit the device and
select activate device when computer starts.

HTH

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