[SOLVED] Issues connecting to internet via wired connection

[jasperjones]

Ok, I somehow successfully navigated my way through burning the cd, installing ubuntu (stupid bios settings) and got to the GUI desktop proper. I was at that time prompted to update some security patches. When I did that I ended up having no connection.
I was able to fiddle around and figure out that my network card was not turned on. Once that was turned on I tried again, but still no connection. I, at that time, googled for a similar problem someone else was having. Through that I was able to get info that you should look at the ifconfig through a terminal. Time for a lot of readout

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e4:75:ea:8f:13:00
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0,0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:220 Base address:0x8000

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f8:09:2d:71
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:33420 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:55523
TX packets:32 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0,0 B) TX bytes:5219 (5.2 B)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe400

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f8:09:2d:71
inet addr:169.254.4.67 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric 1
Interrupt:220 Base address:0x8000

eth2:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f8:09:2d:71
inet addr:169.254.5.13 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric 1
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe400

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:1066 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1066 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:54100 (52.8 KB) TX bytes:54100 (52.8 KB)


I also tried to ping a website, but came up with an error message saying server could not be found, most likely because I was not connected.

Any help would be deeply appreciated.

Thanks,

Jasper

[jayd512]

Hi, Jasper!

inet addr:169.254.4.67 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask255.255.0.0

You're not getting a valid IP address. Is your net connection typically DHCP? If so, what happens if you try

sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo ifconfig

By the way, which NIC are you trying to employ, here?

[jasperjones]

Yes, my connection is DHCP as I've not had to deal with static connections since I got it. Tried what you suggested and got...

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e4:75:ea:8f:13:00
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0,0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:220 Base address:0x8000

eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f8:09:2d:71
inet6 addr: fe80::218:f8ff:fe09:2d71/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:350160 dropped:1016360 overruns:0 frame:583701
TX packets:43 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0,0 B) TX bytes:5219 (7.9 B)
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe400

eth2:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:18:f8:09:2d:71
inet addr:169.254.5.13 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask255.255.0.0
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric 1
Interrupt:17 Base address:0xe400

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:1354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1354 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:76084 (74.3 KB) TX bytes:76084 (74.3 KB)

I'm fairly certain that I want eth2, as for some reason my computer is thinking my nvidea card is a network card *shrug*

Jasper

[jayd512]

Yeah... I didn't even notice that the HWaddr for eth0 isn't a networking device. Did you try to alter the command for eth2?

sudo ifconfig eth2 down

and then up?

[jasperjones]

just did still no dice

[jasperjones]

a thought just occurred to me...what if the problem is a driver problem? other that that i'm starting to get a bit lost *sigh*

[jayd512]

While not likely, it's possible. What brand of NIC do you have?

lspci

[jasperjones]

ok problem solved, i'm an idiot originally the on board nic card didn't work on this computer under windows, so i bought a linksys, but when i looked at what kind of card i had here it showed that i had an amd card...putting two and two together, i plugged my connection into the on board and, bing, i'm online...

sigh...end user problems i hate them, especially when i'm the end user