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edwardsen35:
I'm having a problem connecting to the internet with Mandrake 9.0.  I don't have any problems connecting with Mandrake 8.2.

What I want to do is switch between Mandrake 9.0 and Mandrake 8.2 so I can try to find the problem.

When my computer boots up, what do I do so that I can choose between Mandrake 9.0 and 8.2?

voidmain:
Wouldn't you rather just fix your internet connection? How do you connect to the internet? Modem/dialup? DSL? Cable? Do you have your firewall turned on and possibly configured incorrectly?

If you could describe in detail your problem maybe we can help find a solution. Also if you could list the type of equipment you use to connect to the internet (modem type/model, ethernet card model if applicable, etc) that could certainly be helpful.

edwardsen35:
I would rather fix my Internet connection but I
haven't had any success getting my Internet connection to work. The way that I connect to the Internet is through a router which is connected to a cable modem (SURFboard SB4100 Cable Modem). I am not aware of a firewall that is turned on. The router I have (a Cable/DSL Broadband Router with 4-port 10/100 Mbps Switch made by CompUSA) says that there is a firewall located in the router that blocks your Intranet to all unwanted packets from outside intruders.

The problem with Mandrake 9.0 is that I am unable to connect to my router and therefore the Internet. When I install Mandrake 8.2 I have no problem configuring the network connection so that I can connect to the Internet. When I install Mandrake 9.0 I follow the same steps but I'm unable to connect.

These are the steps that I follow when I install the network settings. I have the install auto detect my settings. The install finds a lan connection, I tell the install to use this connection. It also finds my ethernet card. It asks if I have another ethernet card, I say no. It asks me to enter a IP address or automatically get a IP, I choose auto which is bootp/dhcp. It asks for the host name and I leave it blank. It asks for an HTTP proxy or a FTP proxy and I leave this blank too. These are the same steps that I follow to configure the Internet for Mandrake 8.2 which is able to connect.

The ethernet card that I have is a Raltek
Semiconductor, Model: RTL-8139, Kernel Module:
rtl8139, Bus Type: PCI.

When Mandrake 9.0 is finished the installation I go to the Mandrake Control Center to try to configure the network settings to get it to work. If I use DHCP and try to activate the ethernet card with ifup eth0 I'm not able to get it activated. If I change the settings to a static IP address I am able activate the ethernet card. When I ping the static IP address, the packets are sent. However if I try to Ping the router none of the packets are sent.

I hope this information is helpful. If you need any more then let me know. Thank You.

voidmain:
When I said firewall, I meant the firewall that is included with Mandrake. I have seen others mention that this has caused them similar problems. I would turn off Mandrake's firewall as a test, as it might be blocking DHCP packets. That would explain why if you set it up with a static address you had some success with ping. Here is a thread on the Mandrake forum that might help as a couple of people seem to have the same problem as you:

http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?lang=en&sid=2455

If this does not help, let me know and we can go through some step by step trouble-shooting. Also, hopefully some others here that use Mandrake (I don't) will be able to help you.

edwardsen35:
I don't have Mandrake's Firewall installed.  


I'm still trying to fix the problem but I havent' had any suscess.  Anybody have any ideas?

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