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Old 02-21-2006, 07:55 PM   #1
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Ubuntu 5.10 internet/network help

I recently installed Ubuntu onto my second hard drive. My first drive boots off of windows xp and works perfectly fine with my network, which is connected via LAN to a rooter and then modem. I am new to linux and can't seem to figure out how to get it hooked up to my network. Can anyone help me figure this out?
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Old 02-22-2006, 09:38 AM   #2
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Is this a wireless or wired connection?

Is your network card detected under System > Administration > Device Manager?

What does the following output at the command line:
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ip addr
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Old 02-22-2006, 05:53 PM   #3
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It's an ethernet cable attatched to the port on my mobo. I'm not sure if it shows up on device manager, because it isn't a card or anything.

When I typed that in it listed three things, lo, eth0, and sit0

under system>administration>networking it lists Ethernet connection and says that eth0 is active
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If it says it is active, you should be all set. You can configure the settings by going:

System > Administration > Networking

Select your network card (eth0) and configure it the same way you have it set in Windows and everything should work fine.
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hello. i have kind of the same problem except i was trying the live cd and cannot access the web.now i am wireless.will i be able to get onto internet only if i install the cd,or it does not matter?
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Old 02-27-2006, 08:31 PM   #6
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No, I have everything under networking set right and it still isn't working. This is my post on the Ubuntu forum, http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=135711
but it still isn't solved.
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Old 02-27-2006, 08:40 PM   #7
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What are the exact settings on your network card in Windows?
Is everything set for DHCP or did you manually enter the values for IP and DNS servers?

My name server is set to the router address (192.168.1.1), which is what it should be. Your router is connecting to the DNS servers, which is why you should not have anything but your router IP.

Here is what my /etc/resolv.conf is:
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nameserver 192.168.1.1
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