Nub needs help on SuSe Linux..

[Danman]

Hi guys, I just scored a copy of Java Desktop System by Sun Microsystems and installed it on my laptop. It's pretty sweet but I never played with Linux that much. I'm trying to find out how to get an IP here, I'm so embarrassed asking for this. I don't know the command in terminal to see if I'm pulling an IP or not. Also, I'm looking for a place where I can find some wireless network card drivers for Linux. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 

[Crusty]

ifconfig will print your current network status

your card will most likely be called eth0

to bring the interface up or down just type
ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 down

to set an IP use
ifconfig eth0 192.1.68.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0

then use the route command to add your gateway
route add default gw 192.168.0.1


If eth0 is not listed when you run ifconfig you need to make sure the drivers are installed for your card.

Can we get some system specs?

 

[Danman]

What if it's a DHCP server, I can't specify the IP. Thanks for the help dude. Here's my system specs:

Compaq Presario 2175US
XP2400+ Processor
512MB DDR PC2100
40GIG HD
15" TFT LCD
DVD/CDRW Combo drive

It's pretty decent, good enough for me.

 

[Crusty]

Hehe, I was looking more towards what network cards you have.

Run ifconfig and put the output here.

 

[Danman]

LOL, okay here's whats under eth0:
Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0B:CD:79:B7:E1
inet6 addr: fe80::20b:cdff:fe79:b7e1/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:922 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:100
RX bytes:125143 (122.2 kb) TX bytes:460 (460.0 b)
Interrupt:11

Let me know if you need what's under "lo."

 

[Crusty]

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:5A:95:EB
inet addr:192.168.1.63 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:119224 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:75153 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:6
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:135251419 (128.9 MiB) TX bytes:7983738 (7.6 MiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000


That is what is under mine. I am not sure if my IP shows up because I set it manually or not. I dont think it is though.


Try and do
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up


what Wireless card do you have?

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:C0:F0:5A:95:EB
inet addr:192.168.1.63 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:119224 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:75153 errors:6 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:6
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:135251419 (128.9 MiB) TX bytes:7983738 (7.6 MiB)
Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000


That is what is under mine. I am not sure if my IP shows up because I set it manually or not. I dont think it is though.


Try and do
ifconfig eth0 down
ifconfig eth0 up


what Wireless card do you have?

I have an integrated Broadcom 54g MaxPerformance 802.11g card in the laptop. The one I'm trying to configure right now is the WIRED one, not the wireless. It doesn't look like drivers are installed for the wifi Broadcom card.

 

[Crusty]

Yeah by default Linux doesn't have wifi drivers. There are few built into the newer kernels but I dont recall any for 802.11g. Your best bet would be to google around for it. There are lots of people developing 3rd party Linux drivers for wifi cards.

As far as your wired network

check this page out.

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/networking/networkconfig.shtml

 

[Danman]

Well the wired part works now. It's a little funky but I got it now. Have you heard of Driverloader? I saw on google that they have drivers for my chipset in my laptop. Thanks again for all of your help.

 

[Crusty]

No I never heard of them before...but this looks promissing. Thanks for the info.

Lemme know how the Sun Java Desktop works out.

 

[Danman]

Originally posted by: MCrusty
No I never heard of them before...but this looks promissing. Thanks for the info.

Lemme know how the Sun Java Desktop works out.

Heres a link to what I was talking about

This is really sweet, Sun made a good operating system. My Dad said he will have a final copy before X-Mas, that's when it's supposed to be finished, I'm only on beta right now.

 

[Crusty]

Awesome, I wanna try it out..but from what I read its not free...