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alan99 · 04-18-2010, 06:13 PM

What does your /etc/network/interfaces file say?

it should say something like this if it is set up to obtain the DNS info from the dhcp server on the router.

iface eth1 inet dhcp

kamchatka4987 · 04-20-2010, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by alan99

What does your /etc/network/interfaces file say?

it should say something like this if it is set up to obtain the DNS info from the dhcp server on the router.

iface eth1 inet dhcp

Here are the contents of my /etc/network/interfaces file:

Code:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

There isn't a mention of "dhcp" in that file. Should I add it?

alan99 · 04-21-2010, 03:01 PM

To see what interfaces are available, you can use (as root) ifconfig

Quote:

yourhost# ifconfig

eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:21:00:0e:04:c0
inet addr:192.168.1.100 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::221:ff:fe0e:4c0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:230825 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:54726
TX packets:173845 errors:32 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:214965444 (205.0 MiB) TX bytes:37737267 (35.9 MiB)
Interrupt:19

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:18979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:18979 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1263724 (1.2 MiB) TX bytes:1263724 (1.2 MiB)

all that you have now is lo which is just your localhost 127.0.0.1 You need to add your wireless adapter, either manually to /etc/network/interfaces or by using network manager. Your adapter may be eth1 or wlan0 (eth0 is probably the ethernet connection) assuming that your dhcp client is installed you should be able to connect to the router (you may have to set up WEP or WPA before you have internet access)