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hey hi that means you dont have to do anything to get connected... good.. that means you get ip dynamically and in suse you are facing problem in configuring Ethernet
use yast or yast2 to configure ethernet card and slect Automatically connect via DHCP
also use yast or yast2 to disable firewall
if you follow these two steps you will get connected
also let us know the output of
Code:
iptables -L
@prayag_pjs
please read carefully.
in post #26 evo2 explain how to find loaded modules.
in post #27 OP said there is no such module
let me know how OP access ethernet card with out modules(driver) and how it configure interface to access internat?
without network module can OP follow your two easy steps?
Regards,
Last edited by sem007; 09-17-2010 at 09:09 AM.
Reason: typo
Good to hear that you are going to download a newer distro. After some googling I've not been able to find a clear reference but it seems that this driver was introduced to the kernel shortly after version 2.6.13, so you should have no problem with opensuse 11.3.
Btw, out of curiosity and perhaps to save myself some time in the future, whence did you get the information that the particular kernel module was not included in the kernel i had?
Awsome. Linux can be tough for starters but it gets easier. Every distro is different in its own ways so find the one you like and stick with it. Also besure to mark the thread as solved so others know.
As JMC1987 said some ISPs bind your access to the mac-address of your PC. You have to verify this with your ISP.
If this is the case, You can only use one machine (the one with the registered mac) at the internet connection and use that one to forward to other machine's.
There is however a second option if your network card supports it. Some network cards allow to change the default mac-addres (see ifconfig hw).
In that case write down the mac-address of the working card and use that for the other network card.
Well,
Btw, out of curiosity and perhaps to save myself some time in the future, whence did you get the information that the particular kernel module was not included in the kernel i had?
When you ran the following command it did't return any filename.
Code:
find /lib/modules -name r8168.ko
What that command does is look for a file called r8168.ko under the directory /lib/modules. If your kernel had that module (driver) it should have been located under that directory.
I was't able to find a definitive reference on the web, but I did find a significant number of forum and email list posts of people discussing the absence driver in the 2.6.13 kernel, but did not find similar posts with reference to the 2.6.14 kernel.
When you ran the following command it did't return any filename.
Code:
find /lib/modules -name r8168.ko
What that command does is look for a file called r8168.ko under the directory /lib/modules. If your kernel had that module (driver) it should have been located under that directory.
I was't able to find a definitive reference on the web, but I did find a significant number of forum and email list posts of people discussing the absence driver in the 2.6.13 kernel, but did not find similar posts with reference to the 2.6.14 kernel.
Evo2.
I think ErevRav meant where did you get your research from. Where did you find out the kernel didn't support it. Website example.
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