New Server on Existing Windows Network

[northern_llama]

I am a Linux newbie, but am trying to show my coworkers some of it's functionality on a test server... Trouble is:
#1 I am a n00b
#2 I can't get my newly installed openSUSE 11.1 server to connect to the Internet.

In YaST Control Center, I go to Network Devices>Network Settings and I see my two ethernet NICs listed
(NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet) - so I assume that openSUSE has automatically taken care of drivers...

If someone could please explain to me in relatively detailed terms how and where I can configure these so that I can get some internet connectivity. (I'm confused about a few settings in YaST... namely, where exactly I can input my network's DHCP, DNS, and Gateway server addresses).

I do not currently need to interact with Active Directory, so I'll leave Samba alone for now.

P.S. I know very well that this might be a network issue, but I'm inheriting my position along with all of its mysteries...

-Dell PowerEdge 2650
-3 GB RAM
-3.0 Ghz Xeon (quad core)

[ken_yap]

In YaST Network Settings select ifup method instead of Networkmanager controlled and then you will be able to input those settings manually. Since it's a server, you'll want to assign them manually anyway. Explore those menus a bit, it won't hurt.

On Tue July 21 2009 03:26 pm, northern llama wrote:

>
> I am a Linux newbie, but am trying to show my coworkers some of it's
> functionality on a test server... Trouble is:
> #1 I am a n00b
> #2 I can't get my newly installed openSUSE 11.1 server to connect to
> the Internet.
>
> In YaST Control Center, I go to Network Devices>Network Settings and I
> see my two ethernet NICs listed
> (NetXtreme BCM5703X Gigabit Ethernet) - so I assume that openSUSE has
> automatically taken care of drivers...
>
> If someone could please explain to me in relatively detailed terms how
> and where I can configure these so that I can get some internet
> connectivity. (I'm confused about a few settings in YaST... namely,
> where exactly I can input my network's DHCP, DNS, and Gateway server
> addresses).
>
> I do not currently need to interact with Active Directory, so I'll
> leave Samba alone for now.
>
> P.S. I know very well that this might be a network issue, but I'm
> inheriting my position along with all of its mysteries...
>
> -Dell PowerEdge 2650
> -3 GB RAM
> -3.0 Ghz Xeon (quad core)
>
>
northern llama;

You can configure your card with: YaST-->Network Devices-->Network Card. Just
Edit the the card you wish to configure. Ordinarily if you use DHCP you only
need to tell the card to use DHCP, and the DHCP server provides the DNS and
Gateway. You can however set these also with YaST. If you read this HowTo
all should be clear:
http://opensuse.swerdna.org/susenic.html
--
P. V.
"We're all in this together, I'm pulling for you." Red Green

[northern_llama]

Ended up being a proxy setting...

I've got it working fine now. Just curious though, in network settings, on the overview tab, should my currently assigned IP address be listed? Mine just says DHCP4 under the IP address heading... either way though, I got what I needed. Thanks for the speedy responses!

keep your stick on the ice...

On Wed July 22 2009 09:06 am, northern llama wrote:

>
> Ended up being a proxy setting...
>
> I've got it working fine now. Just curious though, in network
> settings, on the overview tab, should my currently assigned IP address
> be listed? Mine just says DHCP4 under the IP address heading... either
> way though, I got what I needed. Thanks for the speedy responses!
>
> keep your stick on the ice...
>
>
northern llama;

Glad to see you have it working. If you want to get your IP just enter the
following in a terminal window:

/sbin/ifconfig -a

--
P. V.
"We're all in this together, I'm pulling for you." Red Green

[whych]

As the guys have already said, since it's a server, rather give it a fixed ip address than use dhcp. That way you know where to find it.
If you do, you need to manually set the address, host name, nameservers and gateway in yast2>network...
The dhcp assigned network address doesn't show up there. To get it you need to type: /sbin/ifconfig in a terminal.
The network manager is great as a single pc that uses dial-up, isdn, broadband modem for Internet connections, but generally, the traditional ifup route is the best when you have a dedicated local network.