New User

[vlok stone]

You may not be connnected at all. red hat includes the
web site doc's in the install.
1. check you're ip -> type $/sbin/ifconfig
   you should get 2 numbers 127.0.0.1 ( loopback )
   and your public ip of 24.x.x.x or 68.x.x.x
2. open terminal & use ping command to test 
   $ping 66.218.71.198 (yahoo.com ) 
   then by name  $ping yahoo.com
3. at the terminal go to root ( type su -> passwd)
   then type #cat /etc/resolv.conf
   you should see this: 

   search buf.adelphia.net
   nameserver 68.168.224.162
   nameserver 68.168.224.165
 
4. I'm not familiar w/ Redhat's config GUI's
   but I think they include linuxconf and webmin
   both are very good graphical frontends. 
 
5. when you do get on line go here for  great linux
   tutorials. 
   
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/views/linux/tutorials.jsp

definitely take the intro to bash commands. it'll make

your linux experience much smoother. sooner or later,
in linux, you'll end up at a shell, and wonder how ya
lived w/out one all these years. 

                         Good Luck, 

   
--- "A. Paul LeBarron II" <shipdadip at adelphia.net>
wrote:
> Hello, try to disable the firewall in Redhat.  You
> can do this by starting a
> terminal (it's under system tools or something, look
> around) and type setup.
> At the set up menu go to firewall configuration and
> disable the firewall.
> Also check your proxy settings in whatever web
> browser you are using.  To
> stop that error message you are getting about 
> "Could not look up internet
> address . . ." you will want to add your hostname
> (it will be something like
> 112.buf.adelphia.net) to your /etc/hosts file.  Do
> this while logged in as
> root.
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Isom" <jsi at adelphia.net>
> To: <nflug at nflug.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 25, 2003 10:56 PM
> Subject: New User
> 
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm new to Linux.  I just installed redhat 9 on my
> machine.  (I'M SICK
> > OF WINDOWS ME AND DON'T WANT TO PAY ALL THAT MONEY
> FOR AN UPGRADE!!!
> > I'LL TRY ANYTHING AT THIS POINT.)  I did the
> standard installation, and
> > I seem to have most everything going okay so far
> except for a couple of
> > issues.
> >
> > I have Adelphia Powerlink.  As you can see, I've
> got my EMAIL going okay
> > once again.  And I can go to any site under
> redhat.com.  However, if I
> > try to go anywhere but a redhat site, I get a
> "connection refused"
> > message.
> >
> > Also, when I first log in to redhat at the gui, I
> get the following
> > message:
> >
> > "Could not look up internet address for
> dhcp-124-6.  This will prevent
> > GNOME from operating correctly.  It may be
> possible to correct the
> > problem by adding dhcp-124-6 to the
> file/etc/hosts."
> >
> > This "dhcp-124-6" seems to be the host name that
> was automatically set
> > when I did the installation.
> >
> > I feel like the problems I'm experiencing are
> probably elementary in
> > nature, but I can't find what to do in the "Redhat
> Linux 9 Bible," which
> > is the only resource I have right now.
> >
> > If you are wondering how I found out about NFLUG
> if I can't go anywhere
> > but redhat.com, I did the research from my work
> computer.
> >
> > Also, I'm interested in possibly going to the next
> NFLUG meeting.  Is it
> > still the same time and location as what is listed
> at the NFLUG website?
> >
> > Thank you for your help.
> >
> > Joe Isom
> > East Amherst
> >
> 


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