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 -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
