Im getting the ip 127.0.0.1

Im using ubuntu on a Core 2 Duo system with Asus p5b motherboard with itegrated LAN 10/100/1000

what can i do?

You do not have valid IP address for your network card. 127.0.0.1 is for your loopback address. Leave that there.

Are you going to use DHCP or a fixed IP address?
What card, or chipset do you have in your system?
Have you got a driver loaded?

Ubuntu has a tool to configure the ethernet card. Have you tried to use it?

im new to ubuntu(linux) i havent tried the tool cause i dont know how to, dont know how to load a driver, all i know about the chipset is that its produced by ASUS and the mother boards name is P5B. And im using DHCP

O.K, to configure your ehternet card from Ubuntu desktop, go to System and Networking. You will get prompted for your password. Enter it, and you should get a Network-Admin window. In there, your ethernet card should be listed. It may be called eth0. You can configure DHCP, since you have a DHCP server ( in your router? ). You can also configure Default Gateway ( the IP address of your side of your router ) your DNS addresses, you can get them from the router, or another machine that works at that location, or your ISP; and Hosts, these are the IP adderesses of other machines on your local lan that you may want to communicate with.

If you can not see eth0, ( or some other name like eth1 ), then you probably don't have a driver loaded. Let me know how you make out with the config, and we'll go from there.

i dont have desktop enviorement

1 more thing, under the instalation a msg popped up and said "cant find a ethernet controller"

Hello.

Networking has alwys been my favorite topic. I'd like to ask some questions first.
- Are you on a lan or connected directly to modem?
- What is the output of "ifconfig"?
- Can you ping your network card (get the IP address from ifconfig and type "ping [your IP address here]")?
- Can you ping www.google.com ("ping www.google.com")?

Im in a LAN
i can ping 127.0.0.1 but nothing else!

Please run the command ifconfig and post the results.

Did you install any desktop? Was it your choice to run without a desktop?

re installed ubuntu and it worked just fine