how do i troubleshoot net connection please

[natbrazil]

hi,

my background is mostly windows, mostly linux newbie

problem: installed linux, seems correct, but won't connect to net

os: fedora core2
box: pentium II-300 128Mg Mem

the install went fine, but it won't see the internet

with browser it says www.whatever.com can't be found

I use a static ip, I've done this with redhat 9 with no problems, do this with windows all the time, no problem

what I need is some step by step trouble shooting assistance. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

[DSwain]

what network card are you using? did you try and pinging any network servers (if you're on a network) try this (in a terminal):

ping (network ip address)

and see what it's responce is. also, try this command:

lsmod

and give us the output of lsmod.

[ph34r]

What is the output of

route -n


and

cat /etc/resolv.conf


????

[mdwatts]

Moved to the Networking forum since Installation is meant for distro install issues.


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