[NBLUG/talk] Help: Newbie and proxy server running SBS2000

[Micxz (lovedialup.com)]

Jen'

If you want to know the settings for your network card under linux issue
the following command AS ROOT:

ifconfig

You should see something like:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:01:02:G5:EF:38  
          inet addr:10.10.10.1  Bcast:10.10.10.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: [mac addy here]/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:14108 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:444 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 
          RX bytes:4582889 (4.3 Mb)  TX bytes:160896 (157.1 Kb)

If you don't see eth0: 

Then stop your network card is not configured yet!

If you do see eth0 then try this command:

ping xx.xx.xx.xx

change xx.xx.xx.xx with your network servers IP or the proxy's IP
address.

Can you ping the network?

Micxz

Jennifer Tracy wrote:
> 
> augie,
> 
> If I had the first clue how to ping the proxy server in Linux I would try
> that first.  I fully admit to being WAY more Windows savvy than Linux.
> 
> Apparently my netwrok card is at least active.  Don't ask what a headache
> that was to make happen.  But I can't see the network, and I don't know how
> to search for computers on the network like I can in Windows.
> 
> I have no idea if my netwrok card is even configured correctly.
> 
> I am not generally a stupid person, but this is driving me nuts (as my
> fiance says a short trip but nonetheless :-)
> 
> Jenn