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hey. i gave up on trying to connect to the internet wirelessly, so i went to a friends huse to play some games online with him and decided id try ...
  1. 06-25-2005 #1
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    hey. i gave up on trying to connect to the internet wirelessly, so i went to a friends huse to play some games online with him and decided id try to get linux on the net with a router and cat5 cable. i went into the network app under system settings and just typed in my IP configuration that i had in windows, restarted the computer and tried to activate that connection. it said it was activated but i could not get on to the internet (no web browsers would work) so my question i guess is did i do everyhting right?
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    Would you be able to post your settings here, it might be easier to help you then. Also, with Linux you don't need to restart to activate network changes, such a thing I would only associate with old versions of Windows.
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    ill post my network setting once i get my box back... its still at my friends house....
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    ok i tried to get the dchp thing to auto dect my ip settings and it trys to for like 5 minuites then it says failed. is there anything i can do to get linux on the net? my pis for windows dont work with it either.. it says its connected but its not becaus ei cant use any internet apps and firefox dossnt open any pages.
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    Can you actually ping the router (Windows or linux)? If you can, you may just need to set a gateway, and maybe also specify a dns server.
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    i dont know... im back in my bacement with no cat5 anywhere... so im stil trying to get my wireless setup to work..
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