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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Greetings all. I decided to get a little work
done on my toy linux box today, and the subject of my curiosity happened to be
network connectivity. Specificly, I wanted to make slackware see and use
my cable modem.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In netconfig, I entered my host and
domain as requested, using my dynamic host address for the domain. Then I
chose the second option, which said it was recomended for cable and DSL users
that had a dynamic IP. Then it asked for a DHCP host if any. I
called cogeco and they said they didn't use it. Then, of course, I let it
autodetect my card, and just like that I was in.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Then I hooked up the cable modem to the computer,
and rebooted.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>When I try to get any address using the links
command, it says host not found. </FONT><FONT face=Arial size=2>So, I
rebooted, and had a listen to the litiny of startup messages that here-to-fore,
I ignored. I copied some of this business down, and wondered if
it's relavent? How do I fix the errors below? are they responsible for my
not being able to connect to the net?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>***Begin output from linux***</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>8139too fast ethernet driver 0.9.24<BR>PCI:
assigned IRQ 10for device 00:0B.0<BR>eth0: RealTekRTL8139 fast ethernet at
0xc3823000, 00:40:f4:15:12:3d,IRQ 10<BR>scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulationfor
IDE atapi devices<BR>Using /etc/random-seed to initialize /dev/urandom.<BR>Init:
entering RunLevel:3<BR>Going Multiuser...<BR>Attempting to configure eth0 by
contacting a DHCP server...<BR>/etc/rc.d/rc.M: /sbin/dhcpcd:No such file or
directory<BR>Mounting remote (nfs) file systems: /sbin/mount -a -t nfs
<BR>Mounting remote (smb) file systems: /sbin/mount -a -t smbfs<BR>Starting
sysclogd daemons: /usr/sbin/syslogd /usr/sbin/klogd-c 3 -x <BR>Activating IPV
for packet forwarding:<BR>Warning:/usr/sbin/inetd not found.<BR>I'd be greatful
for any direction on this you can give me.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Erik</FONT></DIV></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>