Linux Home Network ?

[Tuzinor]

Just installed Linux Mandrake 8.1 on my downstairs computer.It has a 3Com Etherlink ISA Nic card.I have a cable modem and a Linksys 4 port router hooked up to my main puter- running Windows 98SE & Win2K Pro- Home Phoneline network with 3 puters > works fine in Windows. I installed the 3Com card in the downstairs computer because Linux doesn't support the D-Link Home Phoneline card that I use with Windows.The 3Com card is hooked up to a Farralon Home Pna to Ethernet bridge.
I know the info that I use in Windows to connect: Linksys Router IP addy:192.168.1.1,the addy's of my nic cards for each puter in Windows,and all the addresses for my cable company. I've set up Linux as I did in Windows : boot DHCP, gateway for each is the Router IP:192.168.1.1,subnet:255.255.255.0 and I provided the DNS address also. Mandrake shows the 3Com card is working properly but I can't connect to anything,tried pinging the router-no luck.What is the Linux equivalent of "winipcfg"? I just upgraded to the latest firmware for the Router also.What am I missing here? Thank's- Dave

[thedexman]

You want to run /sbin/ifconfig. This will tell you the IP addr, broadcast addr, and subnet mask, among other things. Make sure the IP addr is of the form 192.168.1.x, and the subnet 255.255.255.0.

/sbin/route -n will show you what you're routes are. You want to make sure you have a default route (i.e. the destination will be default, or 0.0.0.0, and will have the ip addr of your router as the gateway.

If you look in /etc/resolv.conf, you will see what nameservers your computer is using.

Tell us what you see in those places, and what error you get when you try to ping your router.

Additionally, one should always check that your cables are plugged in securely and that the link light on the NIC is lit.