I'm trying to get my Linksys USB100TX ethernet adapter to work so I can download apt-get packages from the debian server but I can't seem to the ethernet adapter to connect to the internet.

When I plug the USB eth in debian automatically detects it.

So, to connect to my router I proceed to type:
(Although I would rather have the eth adapter get its own ip address, etc. through the router's DHCP, but I don't know how to make the adapter do that yet)

I then proceed to input:
for the default gateway.

To check the adapter can connect to the router I type:
and it shows the adapter is pinging correctly.

But when I try to ping a website:
I get unknown host.

I feel like I'm missing some steps, can someone help me fill the gaps please? Thank you very much.

Yep. You need to put the nameserver (DNS server) in /etc/resolv.conf.

For example, my /etc/resolv.conf contains:

Thank you for the quick reply.

I don't seem to have a file in /etc/ called resolv.conf .

Then simply create one with only that as the contents.

DONE! It works! THANK YOU SO MUCH MATIR!

No problem. Glad we got you up and running. To use DHCP, simply install dhcpcd or dhclient. I prefer dhcpcd, but to each their own.