On Wed, Dec 31, 2008 at 02:36:03PM +1300, Glenn Stuart Morrissey wrote:
Happy new year all
I am trying to configure my network connection on my amd desktop machine, but it wont auto detect and there is no roaming mode (im running a newly installed Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid OS. I have the output from ifconfig:
glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$ ifconfig -a eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0d:87:35:aa:32 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:23 Base address:0xa000
lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host [snip]
glenn(a)glenn-amd1:~$
I also have the correct output line from lspci output:
00Ethernet Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT6102 [Rhine-II] (rev 78)
Am I right in thinking the Hwaddr in eth0 should be something like 192.168.0.x?
No - the Hwaddr is the MAC address of the card. The Value you are after is the inet addr
If so, can anyone tell me where the file is in the system so that I can edit it with the correct settings.
(Disclaimer - I tend to do debian, rather than Ubunutu / GUI) It's almost like you do not have a dhcp client, or alternatively there could be a firewall on ubunutu that is blocking the dhcp activity?
From the command line, there should be something akin to dhclient that you can run up (dhclient eth0)
Following from that, there should be a /etc/network/interfaces file - of course, it'll be mentioned that there should be a GUI tool that will let you alter the network settings (Perhaps under the System menu in Gnome). Hope that helps, Warren