[wplug] RE: internet access

[Eric Peterson]

> From: wplug-admin at wplug.org [mailto:wplug-admin at wplug.org] On 
> Behalf Of John Harrold
> Sent: Sunday, December 14, 2003 7:10 AM
> To: wplug at wplug.org
> Subject: Re: [wplug] RE: internet access
> 
> [snip....] i'm
> assuming the router handles connecting to verizon for you. 
> you probably just
> need to configure networking on your computer. since you're 
> using redhat run
> 'netconfig' as root. tell it you want to setup networking. 
> the dlink router
> probably has a dhcp server on it, and selecting the "Use dynamic IP
> configuration (BOOTP/DHCP)" option will probably work. then 
> hit "ok". after
> that try starting the network as root:
> 
> $ service network start
> 
> or 
> 
> $ /etc/rc.d/init.d/network start
> 
> 
> if that doenst work run netconfig again and instead of using dhcp, try
> putting values in for the ipaddress, gateway etc. i'm not 
> sure what subnet
> dlink uses by default, it should look something like 
> 192.168.n. where n is
> probably 1 or 0. say n is 1, then you can put something like:
> 
> 
> IP address:           192.168.1.200___
> Netmask:              255.255.2255.0__
> Default gateway (IP): 192.168.1.1_____
> Primary nameserver:   151.201.0.39____
> 
> if you have trouble figuring out which subnet you are on, 
> check the ipaddress
> on one of your windows machines. after you enter the above 
> stuff, try to
> restart the network.

To get that info from your Windows machine, do [start menu]->run->"cmd.exe"
(if cmd.exe can't be found, use "command" instead)

at the prompt,
c:/somepath/> ipconfig /all

or just

c:/somepath/> ipconfig
 
> i hope this helps.

me too!

-Eric