Internet Problems

[lolwtfbbq]

I have recently installed Ububtu 7.10 on my desktop. For some reason the internet won't work. I've tried to get an awnwer from Ubuntu Forums, but with no luck. If you need more info, go to my thread @ Ubuntu Forums.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=649001

 

[AndrewP]

Couple of things, but first of all your Ubuntu machine appears to have the same IP address as your router (192.168.1.1) which is going to stop things working.

You'll need to get your PC to accept an IP address via DHCP from the router (which should also give you a default gateway/route and DNS), or set them manually. Going by your router settings, if you manage to get an address automatically it should be displayed in the eth0 entry of ifconfig as 192.168.1.10x.

The settings you need should be under System -> Administration -> Network(ing), then edit the eth0 connection and set it to automatically get an address. You may need to add a DNS server in there too, use 192.168.1.1 for that.

You can set the options manually instead from a terminal window (as the root user or prefix with sudo):

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.99 netmask 255.255.255.0
route add default gw 192.168.1.1

Then edit /etc/resolv.conf so it at least has a 'nameserver 192.168.1.1' entry.

https://help.ubuntu.com/7.10/internet/C/index.html will probably be of use too.