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Desidero · 02-13-2008, 10:19 PM

Alright, I tried registering on the forums at the distro site to ask the question, but there is a 3 day waiting period to post it, so I figured I'd ask you guys.

I just got BT3 beta yesterday to play around with the various tools that it comes with... I'm pretty new to Linux, but I pick up a lot of information in the guides very quickly.

When I run the live CD (haven't installed to my HD yet - it's made to be operable as just a live CD anyway), it automatically sets up everything to connect to the web. I have both a wireless and a wired router in my computer. When I go through the regular steps, I can get the wireless connection working without a problem. However, when I try to connect to the web with my wired card (I have a direct connection in my apartment to a building T1 network), it simply doesn't work. DHCP gets all the proper information (IP/Subnet Mask/Gateway/DNS/DHCP server are all identical to the ones I have right now in Windows), but it just won't seem to bring up the internet. I've gone through the forums, the wikis, tried a ton of stuff to get it working... but it just won't seem to work.

ifconfig -a brings up eth0 (wired), eth1 (wireless), lo (loopback)

eth0 is "UP" and all the proper ip/etc info shows up in ifconfig eth0. ifconfig eth0 also shows that there are quite a few packets sent, so it's obviously doing something.

I've tried switching eth1 and lo to UP and DOWN, tried deleting my dhcp information and reacquiring it with dhcpcd eth0, put in all sorts of goofy commands, tried pinging various things... I don't know what else to do. Is there something simple I might have missed? When I enable the wireless card and connect to a router, it shows up in my system tray. When my wired card is enabled, nothing happens.

Any help you guys could give would be very much appreciated! Let me know if there's any other info that would be helpful.

02-13-2008, 10:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
Desidero Registered User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 108 -4 Internets	Linux (Slax/BT) help Alright, I tried registering on the forums at the distro site to ask the question, but there is a 3 day waiting period to post it, so I figured I'd ask you guys. I just got BT3 beta yesterday to play around with the various tools that it comes with... I'm pretty new to Linux, but I pick up a lot of information in the guides very quickly. When I run the live CD (haven't installed to my HD yet - it's made to be operable as just a live CD anyway), it automatically sets up everything to connect to the web. I have both a wireless and a wired router in my computer. When I go through the regular steps, I can get the wireless connection working without a problem. However, when I try to connect to the web with my wired card (I have a direct connection in my apartment to a building T1 network), it simply doesn't work. DHCP gets all the proper information (IP/Subnet Mask/Gateway/DNS/DHCP server are all identical to the ones I have right now in Windows), but it just won't seem to bring up the internet. I've gone through the forums, the wikis, tried a ton of stuff to get it working... but it just won't seem to work. ifconfig -a brings up eth0 (wired), eth1 (wireless), lo (loopback) eth0 is "UP" and all the proper ip/etc info shows up in ifconfig eth0. ifconfig eth0 also shows that there are quite a few packets sent, so it's obviously doing something. I've tried switching eth1 and lo to UP and DOWN, tried deleting my dhcp information and reacquiring it with dhcpcd eth0, put in all sorts of goofy commands, tried pinging various things... I don't know what else to do. Is there something simple I might have missed? When I enable the wireless card and connect to a router, it shows up in my system tray. When my wired card is enabled, nothing happens. Any help you guys could give would be very much appreciated! Let me know if there's any other info that would be helpful.