Linux

[{I}{K}{E}]

k, I found out why I couldnt connect to the internet.

When I tried Knoppix (some time ago) I used a router. I tried knoppix again today without a router and I coudn't connect to the net.

I need to use a certain computername before I can connect to the internet with XP. (********-*) I think I need to change this in linux somehow but I dunno how

[4play]

can you ping ? open a shell and type

ping 216.239.37.99 and see if that pings google and get a response.

if not you should have some sort of dialer that you can use to authenticate who you are to your isp. not sure which one is included with mandrake will chek it out for you when i get back from work.

[{I}{K}{E}]

wanna try it again.

gonna download Knoppix 3.9 and will try it again.

I am directly connected to the internet. I have a cable connection and all it requires me to do is to set a certain computername and dhcp would give me an IP address.


hope someone knows how to change that with knoppix(linux)

[ObiWan]

dunno if this is any help:

https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedo.../msg03095.html

On Sat, 2004-04-17 at 16:41, Aaron Konstam wrote:
> On Sat, Apr 17, 2004 at 12:05:24PM -0700, Clifford Snow wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-04-14 at 14:41, Taylor, ForrestX wrote:
> > <snip>
> > > You forgot step 0: xhost +localhost. The X server is no longer able to
> > > send it's information to the original host name (since you changed it).
> > > Restart X (Ctrl+Alt+Backspace) and you should be able to start a
> > > browser.
> >
> > I made the suggested changes and it work. Thank you. To recap, I used
> > the following steps:
> > 1. xhost +newhostname
> > 2. changed the hostname in /etc/sysconfig/network
> > 3. changed the 127.0.0.1 entry in /etc/hosts to include the new host
> > name
> unless you are using dhcp this hosts file should contatin the ip and
> hostname fo you machine.

[{I}{K}{E}]

got it working

had to type (in root shell):
killall pump
pump -i eth0 -h [putername]

[yonki]

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