Gentoo help

[oblio]

So i am trying to install gentoo on an Inspiron 8000, but I can't get past the first stage of installation. I modprobe eepro100 for my network card and run the network setup. My card seems to work. I can ping my router and get returned packets but if I try to ping the outside world the packets go out and never come back I have 100% packet loss. I even tried conecting it to my adsl modem directly but still don't receive any packets back. I have tried 4 different cables and all the ports on my router to no avail. Any ideas?

[JohnT]

From the terminal do .......


lsmod


to see if the module actually is loaded.

[The Ennead IX]

After typing "net-setup eth0" have you tried allowing it to configure itself by using the dhcp option? or alternatively using dhcpcd eth0 to configure?

[JohnT]

How are you writing out the "full" command to ping?