Cannot connect to internet or ping router in Ubuntu 5.04
 

I have a Dell Dimention XPS R400 desktop and stuck Ubuntu 5.04 on it since Windows stopped working on it. I was going to use a wireless card, but it didn't reconize is so I figured I would put the ethernet card in it (Intel Pro/100) and update to Breezy. However, once I go to System>Administration>Networking and enable eth0, it acts like it isn't connected. I can't update Synaptic Package Manager, ping my router or anything. Pinging 192.168.1.1 (router) simply says:

root@ubuntu:/home/jack # ping 192.168.1.1
connect: Network is unreachable.

Since I'm still new to linux, I don't really know what to do. Any suggestions?

hmmm


can you do "sudo lspci" from the command prompt to see if it's being detected. hopefully that should throw up your card....

then you might do "sudo ifconfig -a" to list the status of your network cards....

try that and post the results.

if both come back positive you could try to configure it manually (but this will stop at reboot):

"sudo ifconig eth0 192.168.1.100 netmask 255.255.255.0"
"sudo ifconfig eth0 up"
"sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1"

adjust the setting for your netmask / ip range etc....

ok, I get:


"sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.166 netmask 255.255.255.0" comes up with SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailible

same with sudo ifconfig eth0 up

and same with sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1

looks like its detect.

you've got an ip address:

try:
sudo ifconfig eth0 up

what's /etc/network/interfaces look like.


also maybe do "sudo ps -ef|grep -i dhcp" to check if that's running.....

"sudo ifconfig eth0 up" says "SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable"

"sudo ps -ef|grep -i dhcp" says "jack 10291 0 16:23 pts/1 00:00:00 grep -i dhcp"

i'll try looking at /etc/network/interfaces

/etc/network/interfaces shows up as

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

# The lookback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

iface eth0 inet dhcp

auto eth0

hmm

this worries me.

not sure what to do,

has it ever worked??

maybe try dpkg-reconfigure linux-image

I installed Ubuntu about a week ago and it hasn't worked yet.

is linux-image supposed to be replaced with something? it says that package 'linux-image' is not installed and no info is available.

okay, my plan was just to reconfig the kernel and thus the modules.

i'm really surprised this NIC is not working. esp with ubuntu....

ok new plan (better plan)

try this:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure etherconf

same thing as before: etherconf in not installed and no info is available

sounds like you've got a bad install.

trying ubuntu 5.10 with a fresh intall.

that package should be there.....

ok, guess I need to download another 650 MB File:rolleyes:

lol,
cmon it doesnt take that long.

about 30mins for me...