Unable to connect to internett

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 08:00 AM

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?

camorri · 01-23-2007, 08:56 AM

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?

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 09:01 AM

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

camorri · 01-23-2007, 09:38 AM

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.

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 09:52 AM

i dont have desktop enviorement

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 10:25 AM

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

<Ol>Origy · 01-23-2007, 11:12 AM

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")?

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 11:27 AM

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

camorri · 01-23-2007, 12:32 PM

Please run the command ifconfig and post the results.

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

ThaHabbis · 01-23-2007, 02:04 PM

re installed ubuntu and it worked just fine