Need help installing linux on an HP laptop

[Mark Street]

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On Thursday 07 November 2002 21:07, John Kohler wrote:
> ># ifconfig eth0
>
> I got the following:
> eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:C0:9F:15:38:2B
>         BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>         RX packets: 0 errors:0 dropped: 0 overruns:0 frame:0
>         TS packets: 4 errrors:0 dropped:0  overruns:0 carrier:0
>         collisions: 0 txqueuelen:100
>         RX bytes: 0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2360 (2.3 Kb)
>         Interrupt:11 base address 0xf000

Integrated NIC, recognized.  Use the gui tool  'neat' to configure the 
interface or edit /etc/sysconfig/network   to include

NETWORKING=yes
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1 - or whatever your GATEWAY router is.
HOSTNAME= YOUR HOSTNAME

then edit /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0
edit these to your specs....

DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=static  OR DHCP if you want.
IPADDR=192.168.1.X - your assigned IP if static
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
ONBOOT=yes    You do want it to come up on boot?
BROADCAST=192.168.1.255
NETWORK=192.168.1.0
USERCTL=yes
TYPE=Ethernet
PEERDNS=no
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1

Make sure /etc/resolv.conf has the proper DNS entries for your DNS servers.

search sonic.net
nameserver 208.201.224.11
nameserver 208.201.224.33

or whatever entries were provided by your ISP.

Bring the interface down as root with ifdown eth0
then bring it back up with ifup eth0.  See if the ifconfig output changes.  
You might want to take the network service down and back up with

service network restart     and see if it comes back with your new settings..

> 00:12:0 Ethernet controller: National Semiconductor Corporation DP83815
> (Macphyter)
>              Ethernet Controller


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