[SOLVED] Unable to connect via an ftp cable with my acer Laptop

sepuku · 2011-06-01 21:51:41

Hello there everyone!

I can't connect to the internet.Although i installed via ftp the packages and i could successfully ping google.After i installed gnome 3 i can't ping anything.

I need your help!I have Laptop connected to my router with an ftp cable,my desktop ubuntu pc works fine with the internet,but after reading again and again this two guides :

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Be … cessary.29

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network

nothing seems to work!Could someone please help me?

Last edited by sepuku (2011-06-04 01:22:46)

fukawi2 · 2011-06-01 23:29:32

sepuku wrote:

I have Laptop connected to my router with an ftp cable

What is an "FTP cable"? I assume you mean ethernet cable, since FTP is a protocol that has nothing to do with cabling...?

Try this page:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Network_Debugging

sepuku · 2011-06-02 07:42:39

I thought that both are the same cables!Yes i mean an ethernet cable!

Thanx for your answer!Here's the problem after reading the page you sent me:

ifconfig eth0 returns no "inet addr".There is not inet addr at all in the output!

Also, "netstat -rn" returns this

Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface

.

Why is that?Please help! :S

fukawi2 · 2011-06-02 09:58:49

Are you using DHCP or Static IP? Network isn't coming up properly, so check your static ip configuration in rc.conf, or dhcp if you're using dhcp.

O/T:
RE: the cable; FTP is a protocol used for file transfer; it is oblivious to the underlying cabling. For more technical differentiation, FTP is Layer 7, and the Cable is Layer 1 in the OSI model: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OSI_model

Zeist · 2011-06-02 10:14:07

You should check settings in NetworkManager as well, since your settings broke after installing Gnome 3 that seems like a possible culprit.

Generally off topic:

Just as a small note, there is such a thing as a FTP cable, though it is also sometimes written as F/UTP due to newer standards names. Basically it is a TP cable where the cables in it are wrapped in foil, hence the name Foiled Twisted Pair. This gives shielding from interference like magnetic fields unlike a UTP cable which is an Unshielded TP cable. There are also several other cable shielding standard names.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twisted_pa … _shielding

sepuku · 2011-06-02 18:08:39

Well this seems silly but yesterday i missed a command after so many hours of learning the basics of arch!The only thing i missed yesterday was

dcpcd eth0

:$

Thank all for your help though.

Later am gonna try connect to my wifi with my laptop.Hope i won't deal with any problems.Thanks a lot again people for your patience!

fukawi2 · 2011-06-03 00:21:37

Zeist wrote:

Just as a small note, there is such a thing as a FTP cable, though it is also sometimes written as F/UTP due to newer standards names. Basically it is a TP cable where the cables in it are wrapped in foil, hence the name Foiled Twisted Pair. This gives shielding from interference like magnetic fields unlike a UTP cable which is an Unshielded TP cable. There are also several other cable shielding standard names.

Never heard them called that; We just call them STP and UTP in Australia.... Thx for the info.

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#1 2011-06-01 21:51:41

[SOLVED] Unable to connect via an ftp cable with my acer Laptop

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