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redefine

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 35

need help configuring network settings

hi. i am a new archlinux user

i've installed the base system and am trying to setup my internet connection(posting from another computer at the moment). i eventually want wireless but i can set that up later

for my wired connection, i am connecting to a router. i have tried using the default settings and setting eth0="dhcp", as well as no ! infront of gateway in ROUTES=(gateway) in /etc/rc.conf. i also have tried looking on the internet for how to set up /etc/hosts, which has 127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain   localhost nathan. and i'm not sure if that is set up right.

my ping shows up unknown host for anything, so i'm guessing the config isnt right, but i dont know where to start

i'm not a linux newbie, but i'm definately a network newbie.

also: should i use static ip, or dhcp as i've got it atm?

Last edited by redefine (2008-07-17 04:41:26)

angryfirelord

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 5

Re: need help configuring network settings

Hello!

First, try connecting manually and see if it works. Assuming your device is called eth0, run these commands:

ifconfig eth0 up
dhcpcd eth0

DHCP is fine unless you are required to connect to as static network.

redefine

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Registered: 2008-07-17

Posts: 35

Re: need help configuring network settings

i didnt realise that one...oops

dhcpcd was already up, so i assumed the auto hardware thing had already tried to connect.

thanks!!