connecting Ubuntu 9.10 to the internet

[abishek]

Hi, I tried connecting my linux system to internet both wired and wirelessly. in both cases it tries to connect and then displays "wired connection disconnected" or "wireless connection disconnected. I tried the help given in ubuntu website but dint help much. kindly advise me on the settings that are required to set up the connection.

[adabard]

One thing that I would suggest trying would be to specify a static IP on the computer that matches your local network.

Your network configuration is located in /etc/network/interfaces

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.100
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
gateway 192.168.1.254

is a typical way to set the interfaces file up if you have a router with a 192.168.1 address. If you give me more information, I can be a little more specific.