Web connection problems

[spinoza]

Hey everyone. I just recently installed Red v6.2 and it went very smooth.

I've been in X and I tried to connect to the web via Netscape. I recieved an error message stating that the name servers could not be reached and that i should add or modify the $SOCKS_NS enviroment variable. What is this file and what exactly do I have to modify ?

I went back to the command line and tried NSLOOKUP and recieved the following message: "Can't find server name for address 24.113.53.14 (the ip address that i entered for the secondary dns server from my isp during installation). No response from server. Default servers are not avilable."

I can ping my internal loopback but i recieve the message "Network not available" when i try to ping the default gateway or anyone else for that matter.

I'm currently waiting in the phone with my isp to verify dns ip addresses and names. If I ever get to talk to someone and assuming they can tell me, where do i input this info to properly configure these parameters?

all i want to do is get online

TIA

[spinoza]

Well,

I finally got hold of my isp and he said that they were'nt even running DNS servers anymore. He told me that their DHCP service was handling the honors.

He suggested that I get a DHCP patch for Red Hat. What exactly is that and what is the process for installing something like that?

I'm new to the Linux world and my knowledge needs to be patched like my connection to the internet.

[spinoza]

Well

I worked on the problem long enough i think and it's about time I found the solution.

For those who are interested here's what i went through:

My biggest problem was finding information about how i could go about enabling my system to be a DHCP client. As it turns out the solution didn't involve downloading a DHCP client at all. The version of Linux that I have has built into it a DHCP client called "Pump". I'm running Red Hat v6.1. So all that need to be done was to start x and go to the control panel : System,control panel, network configuration, interfaces, and configure my ETH0 card from there. Too easy.

I hope that this post helps anyone in the same predicament. Now my next task is to find out how to read info from my cd roms and floppies. LOL