Sean Gibbins wrote:
> Terence Relph wrote:
>> Hello everyone
>> I`ve been reading the emails for months now and I have at last
>> decided to ask a question. The thing is i have had dapper drake on my
>> other pc for 6 months now and I still cant get onto the internet, I`ve
>> got a netgear DG632 modem router and a netgear FA311v2 card I also
>> bought a WG311t wireless pci adapter for this windows pc running xp.
>> It seems I don't have a clue about setting it all up. I just keep
>> going round in circles getting ever more frustrated. I have tried
>> installing them all but there are so many addresses and numbers and
>> nothing seems to happen the way it say`s in the graphical
>> configuration tool in Debian Admin. I would grateful if someone could
>> help me out here maybe there is a better tutorial somewhere. Also I`m
>> not sure if I should be installing the network card or the router
>> first. I have searched the ubuntu forums but I fear that the answers
>> may be to involved as I have never used linux before. I hope this is
>> not to basic for the hints lug members.
>>
>> thank you for your patience
>>
>> terry relph
>
>
> Hi Terry,
>
> Well, I am guessing the router works on account of this mail reaching
> the list!
>
> That being the case we can find out about the network settings either
> from the admin console of the router, or by quizzing the XP box and
> making some intelligent guesses.
>
> Probably the easiest thing to do is to get the PCI card working first.
> Your email implies that the wireless card is in the XP box and the PCI
> card is in the Linux box. If that's not the case it might be worth
> clearing it up.
>
> Anyway, one step at a time. On your XP box run the command 'ipconfig' in
> a Command Prompt [1]:
>
> C:\Documents and Settings\sean>ipconfig
> Windows IP Configuration
> Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection:
>
> Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.11
> Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
> Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.1.1
>
>>From the point of view of figuring out what is going on, it's probably
> worth running a similar command from your Linux machine. Bring up a
> terminal [2] and issue the ifconfig command:
>
> sean@BENDER:~/games/doom3$ ifconfig
> eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:13:8F:D6:45:B2
> inet addr:192.168.1.40 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe80::213:8fff:fed6:45b2/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:56376 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:77204 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:48010793 (45.7 MiB) TX bytes:58224362 (55.5 MiB)
> Interrupt:20 Base address:0xe800
>
> The important bits are the ip address or inet addr and the default
> gateway, but it's probably best that you copy and paste the lot in. I
> have snipped all my vmware stuff and the loopback device so you will
> probably see more info here on your machine.
>
> Once we have this information we can start offering up some advice. If
> anything I have asked you to do doesn't make sense, please ask. On the
> other hand, if I have pitched it a bit too low, please excuse me!
>
> Sean
>
>
> [1] Start >> Programs >> Accessories >> Command Prompt
> [2] Accessories >> Terminal (from memory - I am not using Gnome)
May I offer what may be obvious to many readers that in general it is
very much easier to set up (linux) using initially a wired ethernet
connection, rather than a wireless connection, for beginners anyway.
Also - depending on how it goes from Sean's excellent comments -
Ubuntu (or Kubuntu) version 7.04 is very much better at handling
wireless things because it has some proprietary drivers in it. (Dell
use this one). If a re install is contemplated, a partition delete
might be an easy way to go for a beginner, to avoid multiple distro
installs and keeping auto-help ubuntu install easy. Ask advice here?
good luck
--
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391
