Starting to install: Internet problem

**okih-imus** · 11-20-2004

I can't use the internet in Gentoo. I don't have a network card, I have an onboard connection. Gentoo sees it though. I run 'ifconfig' and it seems to be working. I cannot ping websites however. I can ping others on my LAN using 127.xx.xxx.xxx but not with 192.168.0.1. I am using a D-Link router and it has DHCP enabled on it. When I use 'links' in Gentoo, I cannot connect to any host. I'm not exactly sure what to do. I read the documentation and I think I did everything.

**lakerdonald** · 11-20-2004

Code:

su -
ifconfig eth0 up
dhclient eth0

-lakerdonald

**okih-imus** · 11-20-2004

Dude, that was a quick reply. I'm going to boot up into Gentoo and try it. Thanks!

**lakerdonald** · 11-20-2004

Okay, sounds good, let me know what happens.

**okih-imus** · 11-20-2004

I'm using thr LiveCD universal.
'dhclient eth0' didn't work. It said there was no dhclient command.
I assume 'su -' & 'ifconfig eth0' both worked as they did not give me any errors.

**lakerdonald** · 11-20-2004

okay, good
then instead of "dhclient" do:

Code:

dhcpcd eth0

**okih-imus** · 11-20-2004

Ok, that command worked but I still can't see websites.

**lakerdonald** · 11-20-2004

can you:

Code:

ping 216.239.39.99

**okih-imus** · 11-20-2004

it says "connect: network is unreachable"

**lakerdonald** · 11-20-2004

what does:

Code:

ifconfig eth0

output?

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