etho0 found but no internet connection

antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

Hi people,

Ive installed gentoo amd64 on my main box. Installation has gone fine until I needed to connect to the internet in order to download a portage snapshot.
I followed the guide and handbook, but I still have problems.
I cannot connect to the internet so i cant install gentoo fully.

eth0 (my adsl router) is found, it's just the settings that confuse me.
I have ran net-setup eth0, and manually input my settings, however I believe I am putting in the wrong settings.

Here are all the settings I have:
Can someone please tell me where to input them (im sure gentoo uses different terminology to what i am used to so i have no idea what to input)

subnet mask: 255.255.255.0
default gateway (routers ip address): 192.168.2.1
dns server: 212.74.114.129

So far ive tried to install to different linux ditro's to no avail. I would appreciate it greatly if somebody could help me with this issue, as i want to install gentoo.

m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:02 am Post subject:

DNS info goes in /etc/resolv.conf

antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

It seems the problem is due to my drivers. I need to install the drivers so my LAN will work.

I'll try your method once i have installed the drivers. Thanks.

But, how can I now install those drivers? I have the driver files on a disc, can you tell me how i can install them.

man, i really hate this. Defeated by mandrake, ubuntu and now it looks like gentoo too. Looks like back to sunny windows xp >_>

m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:20 am Post subject:

You shouldn't have to use any drivers. If you have eth0 up that means you don't need any additional drivers. To see if you card was actually loaded do this.

antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

Ok.

These are my results from doing the above:

m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:28 am Post subject:

Well your network card seems to be detected fine. Its an nvidia nforce network chipset by the look of things. So have you tried what I've posted up before? It should work.
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antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

I tried to do what you posted but I take it that isnt the code I have to enter?
I'll try and guess the settings manually and let you know what happens.

I'm using:

m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:37 am Post subject:

The code I posted there was just for you to enter, those r ur settings.
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m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:37 am Post subject:

For the nameserver one you have to edit the /etc/resolv.conf the rest you can just enter as it is
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antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

m_spidey · Posted: Thu Mar 30, 2006 12:48 am Post subject:

for IP put 192.168.2.5
for broadcase put 192.168.0.255
for network mask put 255.255.255.0
for gateway put 192.168.2.1
for nameserver put 192.168.2.1 or 80.225.252.58

and that should work
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antd · n00b Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 6

Thanks for your help but it doesn't work T_T. Not even as much as a flicker on my router's LED.
I get "host not found" when i try to access websites.
I also cannot ping anyone. I really dont wanna go back to windows but linux is giving me a really hard time. Is there a distro that even a noob like me can install and get internet connectivity? I just want something that is fast, easy and stable