question connecting fedora to comcast

[Frank DiPrete]

On Tue, 2005-08-23 at 22:32 -0400, Tatara wrote:
> I just upgraded my home pc from Fedora Core 2 to 4, and I still can't
> connect to the internet, even though I can after booting Windows2000
> or Knoppix/Suse Live CDs.
>  
> The pc is hard-wired to my Linksys router (wrt54g), then to my Comcast
> cable modem.
>  
> Reading from my Red Hat Linux 9 Bible, I tried the Internet
> Configuration Wizard, with no luck.  None of the device types
> (ethernet, isdn, modem, token ring, wireless, or xDSL) seemed to be
> good matches, but I tried xDSL.  Eventually it gave me a device name
> ppp0, but it wouldn't activate.  Another device (eth0, with type
> ethernet), wouldn't activate either.
>  
> Now I'm lost.  Any suggestions?  I'd like to stick with RH if
> possible.
>  
> Thanks,
> Eric
> (network newbie)
> 

In fedora, use the system-config-network tool. You should see your
ethernet card listed, if not use the wizard to add it, set it to use
dhcp (obtain ip address automatically) - assuming the linksys has dhcp
turned on which is the default. Since your pc is behind a firewall, turn
off the fedora firewall as not to complicate things. also turn off
selinux - both settings can be toggled using system-config-securitylevel

Please post results if unsuccessful