OK. The quickest will be to not use the GUI and do it from the shell. So follow the steps below. Let us know if any of the steps fail. 1. Open a linux console (I think "gconsole" in gnome) 2. On the console type "sudo -s" and press enter. This escalates your privileges up to root. 3. Try to get an Ip address via DHCP by running the following command on the console "dhclient". Copy the output and post it to us. 4. Now run "ifconfig -a" on your console and post the result of that as well. If the IP address is setup your "ifconfig" output should be similar to what <linuxonbute> posted (with different IP addresses). Get the IP address working first and then we can guide you through to connecting to the internet and making the settings permanent.
On Mar 6, 6:56 am, Steven Seipel <[email protected]> wrote: > brotherst...@seipel1:~$ ifconfig > > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr > 00:1e:90:19:1d:06 > > UP BROADCAST RUNNING > MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > > RX packets:56 errors:0 > dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:5 errors:0 > dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 > > RX bytes:4736 (4.7 KB) TX > bytes:1710 (1.7 KB) > > Interrupt:18 Base > address:0xc800 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > > inet addr:127.0.0.1 > Mask:255.0.0.0 > > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING > MTU:16436 Metric:1 > > RX packets:6 errors:0 > dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > > TX packets:6 errors:0 > dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > > RX bytes:376 (376.0 B) TX > bytes:376 (376.0 B) > > brotherst...@seipel1:~$ route -n > > Kernel IP routing table > > Destination Gateway Genmask > Flags Metric Ref Use Iface > > 192.168.10.0 0.0.0.0 > 255.255.255.0 U 1 0 0 eth0 > > 169.254.0.0 0.0.0.0 > 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0 > > 0.0.0.0 192.168.10.1 0.0.0.0 > UG 0 0 0 eth0 > > It has the wrong ip address but doesn't let me change it. As soon as I start > typing it, the ok button goes gray so it can't be entered. > > --- El dom, 1/3/09, linuxonbute <[email protected]> escribió: > > De: linuxonbute <[email protected]> > Asunto: Re: how to connect to internet > Para: "Ubuntu Linux" <[email protected]> > Fecha: domingo, 1 marzo, 2009 1:32 > > What is the output from issueing the commands > > ifconfig > > and route -n > > On 1 Mar, 05:47, Steven Seipel <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Here is what happened: > > ping 66.249.89.99 > > network is unreachable > > pingwww.google.com > > unknown hostwww.google.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ubuntu Linux" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/ubuntulinux?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
