getting Netscape to use eth0 for ADSL

[ray436]

i can't get Netscape to access the net via my ethernet card to ADSL modem - the preferences section does not have a settings area for connection type.&nbsp;&nbsp;I am using Mandrake/KDE and plan on using the PPPoE client from RoaringPenguin.<br>i have my &quot;win98 network&quot; going using Samba, and can surf by using KFM (thru analogX proxy)to the win98 box's ADSL connection. This gets me on the net, but of course there is no/little script support, so many links dont work.<br><br>Any thoughts on config for Netscape, or other browser ?

 

[AndyBo]

If you can surf using Kfm, then you can surf using Navigator.&nbsp;&nbsp;There is nothing in Navigator that specifies &quot;use this network card to connect to the net&quot;.&nbsp;&nbsp;Instead, Navigator (and any other network related app) relies upon the OS to direct network packets.<br><br>The fact that you can surf using Kfm tells me that your OS is set up OK.&nbsp;&nbsp;So, you do have a Navigator problem, it's just different from what you thought it was...&nbsp;&nbsp;The first place I would look is in the &quot;Proxies&quot; section.&nbsp;&nbsp;Is that set up OK?&nbsp;&nbsp;(Go to Edit menu, select Preferences, click on Advanced, and then Proxies.)<br><br>If that looks OK, then try a few simple tests from a command line:<br><br>* Use ping to check your connection to a remote site.<br>* If ping doesn]t work, use traceroute to see how far you get before everything stops.<br><br>Let us know how you get on. <p> <br><a href=mailto: > </a><br><a href= > </a><br>--<br>
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[ray436]

thanks AndyBo,<br><br>dont know how i missed expanding the &quot;advanced&quot; section (groan)i only clicked on the word, not the little diamond, anyways, tried it out and it *really* wants to work, but there is something not quite right yet, now i get a &quot;contacting

http://www.****.com,

waiting for reply&quot; (instead of an immediate &quot;server **** not found&quot.&nbsp;&nbsp;methinks now it is just a proxy addressing/port problem, since once i did get a partial load of a page, but it was not consistant.&nbsp;&nbsp;ping works only locally, and is not making it past the proxy, somewhere the ball gets dropped, weird because KFM will browse, but the same ip/port used for KFM 's proxy setup doesn't work for Netscape. i think i will set up the pppoe client and a firewall and go with a direct connect to see if it is the proxy s/w on the windows machine that is messing me around. <br><br>thanks...... i will post how it all goes, <br><br>ray436

 

[ray436]

just to let everyone know, it was the proxy i used, for some reason it didnot handle a dynamic IP reliably, but now i have installed the PPPOE client from roaringpenguin.com and am using my hub, very easy to set-up, i highly recommend it, now my Linux box surfs like it is mainlining.&nbsp;&nbsp;<br><br>thanks for your help AndyBo...........Cya<br><br>ray436

 

[geokor]

OK, ray436, now it's my turn I am sort of new to linux and trying to setup the following:
I have a computer that has 2 hard drives- one with win98 and the other with SuSE8. It is attached to a hub that has another box running SuSE 8 on it as well as a DSL modem.
Now if I use win98, I can get out on the internet just fine using a pppoe app called EnterNet 300 (win only). My SuSE drive on the same box however (so the hard ware is the same) will not allow me out using Roaring Penquin. I haven't tried the seperarte Suse box yet since it is set up with no X server.
I am, as far as I can tell, using the same setup on both the win98 app and the linux pppoe: same 2 dns servers, same nic card (eth0 on linux) etc.
Any suggestions?

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