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davidforehand

Member

Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 4

no network connection

Hi I read the beginners wiki but cannot get my wired connection to work. I have cable a modem with a linksys router hooked up.

here is my rc.conf

HOSTNAME="david"
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(lo eth0)
ROUTES=(!gateway)

here is my hosts

127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost david

ifconfig shows for eth0
inet addr:169.254.22.170 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0

normally on other distros my Ip address is 192.168.1.104 and gateway is 192.168.1.1 for my router so the ifconfig looks like the ip address the cable modem would give me if the router was not hooked up.

byte

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From: Düsseldorf (DE)

Registered: 2006-05-01

Posts: 2,046

Re: no network connection

Run ifconfig eth0 down; killall dhcpcd and start it again manually with dhcpcd -d eth0 to look for errors.

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kendosperling

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From: Dresden

Registered: 2007-08-28

Posts: 49

Re: no network connection

add the line "gateway="default gw the-ip-of-your-router" and remove the "!" from your ROUTES line

davidforehand

Member

Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 4

Re: no network connection

ok I added gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1" and also removed the ! from ROUTES

After running dhcpcd -d eth0, the only error I get is eth0: timed out
I still end up with the same ifconfig and cant ping or sync pacman

Basn

Member

From: Stockholm

Registered: 2007-08-13

Posts: 47

Re: no network connection

does your drivers load? try dmesg

davidforehand

Member

Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 4

Re: no network connection

Ive tried hooking the cable modem directly without the router, still the same thing. I also added eth1 and used my other ethernet jack but still the same thing. Im not sure what to look for in dmesg. In case it helps this is a DFI NF4 Lanparty Ultra-D motherboard. I dont understand why it is so hard to get this up in running, guess im just to used to knetworkmanager doing the work.

twhayes

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Registered: 2007-10-09

Posts: 27

Re: no network connection

looks like there's a problem with dhcp.  you might want to try a static setup to finish the install and then work on the dhcp problem. 

setup up hosts as recommended in this section of the Beginner's Guide http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Beg … tc.2Fhosts and try these two commands:

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.xxx  (desired IP)
route add default gw 192.168.1.1

you can check the route with:

netstat -nr

to make sure the default gateway is set correctly and, of course, check eth0 settings with

ifconfig eth0

lilsirecho

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Registered: 2003-10-24

Posts: 5,000

Re: no network connection

Perhaps your problem is in regard to the connection of the computer to the cable modem.

When I connect to my DSL modem direct, I must use a "crossover" cable to make correct connections.

When a hub or router is included in the connections, the crossover cable is not required, the hub or router corrects the connection arrangement.

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davidforehand

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Registered: 2008-01-16

Posts: 4

Re: no network connection

I have a working Sidux install that detects my connection just fine even off of a live cd. A crossover cable is not needed to direct connect my modem to nic. I get an ip with the modem but not with the router. Still no working connection even with the ip.

Zer0

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From: Windsor, ON, Canada

Registered: 2006-08-25

Posts: 299

Re: no network connection

I suspect the driver isn't being loaded.. I just did a quick google and stole this from the Gentoo wiki..
"On the DFI Lanparty motherboards and other NForce 4 Chipsets with Vitesse VSC8201 Gigabit and Marvell 88E8001 Gigabit you can use modprobe forcedeth to load the open source drivers if the network interface is not detected."

If that doesn't work.. take the output from lsmod and the output from hwdetect --modules and compare the 2 for missing modules maybe..

Last edited by Zer0 (2008-01-18 20:50:10)