getting online

[NathanTwist]

hey guys. i jsut got my belkin nic from buy.com, have the realtek driver loaded, but i still cant get online. ive got dhcp selected, but during bootup it says it cant resolve my ip. can anyone give me step by step instructions for this ? and also, just a few questions.
1. my user name is X.XXXXX.ne.mediaone.net
so what would i have to put down as my hostname? could i have Asgard.ne.mediaone.net and still get on? or Asgard.mediaone.net? or do i have to use X.XXX.etc etc?
thanks guys, really appreciate it

[sarah31]

likely the ne.mediaone.net is the hostname to use. As for ther rest of your questions, if I understand correctly, if you have to login the most likely just your pure userid less the ne.mediaone.net should work. You can also probaly set it to come up at start or remaber your password etc. so it becomes less of a hassle.

[ 04 February 2002: Message edited by: sarah31 ]

[NathanTwist]

can anyone tell me what my /etc/hosts file should look like though? my prompt to say "Asgard", so should i look like this?:

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 Asgard.localdomain Asgard
ne.mediaone.net Asgard

that, as of yet, is not working ;)
anyone think they can point me in the right direction?

[NathanTwist]

could it be something to do with hosts.allow?

[NathanTwist]

ok, after a coupple man pages, i thought this might present a problem. heres teh ouput for hostsconf :
******************************
order hosts, bind
******************************
and hres my hosts output:
*****************************
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 Asgard.localdomain Asgard
66.31.248.95 mediaone.localdomain mediaone
24.147.0.190 dhcp.localdomain dhcp
66.31.248.95 mediaone.localdomain mediaone
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
127.0.0.2 Asgard.localdomain Asgard
66.31.248.95 mediaone.localdomain mediaone
24.147.0.190 dhcp.localdomain dhcp
66.31.248.95 mediaone.localdomain mediaone
************************************
im really at a loss here guys. everything seems to be punched in ok. as with hosts, i jsut put in everything i could think of, but still no dice. help :(

[teeitup]

Don't know if this applies to you.

Media One on N. CA. requires your MAC address.
A simple call to tech support is all that was needed by a few friends of mine.
Until they recognize your MAC they won't give up the IP.

You might make a quick call to tech support to rule this out.

Good Luck,

[NathanTwist]

yeah, its the same in new england. ive already called them up though, everythings all set.
im trying to use dchp, and my etc/hosts file now consists of only:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost

really guys, even teh smallest detail would help me now, ive been trying to get online iwht this thing for about a month, getting kidna discouraged here :(

[mdwatts]

Do you have the Mediaone DNS server setup in /etc/resolv.conf ?

Also ensure the gateway address is correct. Most distros have gui tools for configuring the network settings. With mine, I can also manually edit

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

#!/bin/sh
#>>>Device type: ethernet
#>>>Variable declarations:
DEVICE="eth0"
IPADDR="192.168.1.4"
NETMASK="255.255.255.0"
NETWORK="192.168.1.0"
BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"
GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"
ONBOOT="yes"
DYNAMIC=""
#>>>End variable declarations

I'm using static in this example.

[NathanTwist]

sould my /etc/hosts still be:
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
though? that ip number with dhcp is wierding me out

[mdwatts]

Mine has

127.0.0.1 localhost
#
# Your first IP interface (if you are connected to any kind of network)
#
192.168.1.4 mdw4.mdwsystems.net mdw4

since I'm using a static ip address for my home network.

[NathanTwist]

heres my ifcfg eth0 file:
DEVICE="eth0"
IPADDR=""
NETMASK=""
ONBOOT="yes"
BOOTPROTO="dhcp"
IPXNETNUM_802_2=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_2="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_2="no"
IPXNETNUM_802_3=""
IPXPRIMARY_802_3="no"
IPXACTIVE_802_3="no"
IPXNETNUM_ETHERII=""
IPXPRIMARY_ETHERII="no"
IPXACTIVE_ETHERII="no"
IPXNETNUM_SNAP=""
IPXPRIMARY_SNAP="no"
IPXACTIVE_SNAP="no"

is that alright for dhcp? pleeeease guys :(