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I can connect my laptop to the internet via either the hub or straight to the modem. My desktop won't connect either way. Both are running Ubuntu 5.10 (I should ...
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  1. 04-05-2006 #1
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    Not sure what the issue is...

    I can connect my laptop to the internet via either the hub or straight to the modem. My desktop won't connect either way. Both are running Ubuntu 5.10 (I should probably mention I've only been running Linux about a year, and I haven't had much time other than learning the basics). With the desktop, I've tried various NICs (ethernet, here), different PCI slots etc. Also different cables so it's probably not any of them.

    The Ubuntu Network Manager says eth0 is active, but I can't do anything. Any ideas?
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    You can check the output of ifconfig to see if your card is being assigned an address.
    You can see what's in /etc/resolv.conf; hopefully there are two or three lines specifying nameservers.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zelmo
    You can check the output of ifconfig to see if your card is being assigned an address.
    You can see what's in /etc/resolv.conf; hopefully there are two or three lines specifying nameservers.
    That file was just created by opening it. Completely blank.
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    How 'bout the ifconfig command?
    If you're getting a network address, then it might just be a matter of making a good resolv.conf file. The easiest way to do that is copy the one from the laptop.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Zelmo
    How 'bout the ifconfig command?
    If you're getting a network address, then it might just be a matter of making a good resolv.conf file. The easiest way to do that is copy the one from the laptop.
    ok, i'll try that tomorrow morning Thanks
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    I copied what was in my laptops one into the desktops resolv.conf file, but it still doesn't work.
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    Try ifconfig up ... This option makes an interface accessible to the IP layer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by TBD
    Try ifconfig up ... This option makes an interface accessible to the IP layer.
    i just get an error message 'up: error fetching interface information: Device not found'
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    post back what ifconfig returns. it will make it easier for people here to help you out.

    also post back what happens when you try to ping a site e.g. google.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AlexK
    post back what ifconfig returns. it will make it easier for people here to help you out.

    also post back what happens when you try to ping a site e.g. google.
    eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:01:02:94:0B:45
    inet6 addr: fe80::201:2ff:fe94:b45/64 Scope:Link
    UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
    RX packets:32901 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
    TX packets:34 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
    RX bytes:2076890 (1.9 MiB) TX bytes:8964 (8.7 KiB)
    Interrupt: 11 Base address:0xec00

    lo Link encap:Local Loopback
    inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
    RX packets:6926 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:6926 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
    RX bytes:623783 (609.1 KiB) TX bytes:623782 (609.1 KiB)

    ping: unknown host google.com
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