Help with Fedora internet connection

[ustacp]

I am trying to connect to the internet in Fedora. I have a SB4100 cable modem plugged into my lan. Do I need to plug in the USB? Or how do I connect it to the internet using cable modem? It did not detect any internet connection during setup. Also I did a printout for my ip configuration from dos and it shows DHCP being enabled. Any ideas? Thanks.

This is my printout from linux:

Here is my ifconfig output

[root@home-wmwa6r8etw root]# ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:119 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7740 (7.5 kb) TX bytes:7740 (7.5 kb)


Here is my lsmod output

[root@home-wmwa6r8etw root]# lsmod
es1371 29320 1 (autoclean)
ac97_codec 17064 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
gameport 3380 0 (autoclean) [es1371]
soundcore 6500 4 (autoclean) [es1371]
parport_pc 18788 1 (autoclean)
lp 8868 0 (autoclean)
parport 36800 1 (autoclean) [parport_pc lp]
autofs 13236 0 (autoclean) (unused)
ipt_REJECT 4344 1 (autoclean)
ipt_state 1080 4 (autoclean)
ip_conntrack 28840 1 (autoclean) [ipt_state]
iptable_filter 2444 1 (autoclean)
ip_tables 15264 3 [ipt_REJECT ipt_state iptable_filter]
floppy 57020 0 (autoclean)
sg 35852 0 (autoclean)
sr_mod 17752 0 (autoclean)
ide-scsi 11984 0
ide-cd 35488 0
cdrom 33216 0 [sr_mod ide-cd]
keybdev 2944 0 (unused)
mousedev 5428 1
hid 25356 0 (unused)
input 5824 0 [keybdev mousedev hid]
usb-uhci 25964 0 (unused)
usbcore 78368 1 [hid usb-uhci]
ext3 70532 2
jbd 51732 2 [ext3]
BusLogic 98076 3
sd_mod 13676 6
scsi_mod 107016 5 [sg sr_mod ide-scsi BusLogic sd_mod]



Here is my lspci output

[root@home-wmwa6r8etw root]# lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge (rev 01)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge (rev 01)
00:07.1 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (REV 08)
00:07.2 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (REV 01)
00:07.3 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB
00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (REV 08)
00:0f.0 VGA compatible controller: VMWare Inc: UNknown device 0405
00:10.0 SCSI storage controller: BusLogic BT-946c (BA80C30) [MultiMaster 10] (rev 01)
00:11.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1371 [AudioPCI-97] (rev 02)

 

[ustacp]

Ok I just did a dhcpclient command and it returned:

No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

 

[horndude]

If you dont have an ethernet card connected to your PC then you either need one or need to connect the cable modem via USB.

If you do have an ethernet card which one is it, cause so far I dont see one.

Whats the readout for typing "dmesg" from a terminal show-->dmesg will show what you see at boot up flashing across the screen which includes all the hardware the system sees.

 

[mdshort]

Recompile your kernel with the correct drivers, or update your kernel and compile it with the neccessary drivers.

 

[ustacp]

Ok hereÂ’s an update. I connected my cable modem via USB to. Fedora and Knoppix STD still will not connect to the Internet. Knoppix STD recognizes it now but thatÂ’s about it. Now I am able to connect to the Internet with the regular Knoppix. I am going to try Mandrake 10 and see what it does. As for recompiling and messing with the kernel I would not even know where to start or what to do.

 

[horndude]

Not a distro problem, its a driver or setup problem, with a little info we can fix that.Just like windows some things dont work right away without some setup or driver installations, its no big deal.Unlike windows however though, in linux you cant always just point and click sometimes you have to type some commands.

 

[ustacp]

I am going to download the newer Fedora. See if maybe that will help. What's the difference between
FC2-i386-SRPMS-disc1.iso
and
FC2-i386-disc1.iso

which set should I download?

 

[horndude]

one is static rpms the other is a ready go install I believe

get the second one