network issue

[dishant]

First of all, I am completely new and noob to linux. I have partitioned my PC with windows xp and linux lite 2.0.My net works properly in XP but in linux it has issues..After installing linux lite 2.0 I am not able to connect to internet. I have wired ethernet connection. I tried doing some changes by putting IP address and all that but it didnt start. I m posting what i found after entering ifconfig in terminal :
eth0    Link encap:Ethernet 
HWaddr 00:1c:c0:54:5f:5a 
         
inet addr:169.254.34.146  Bcast:169.254.255.255  Mask:255.255.0.0
         
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:c0ff:fe54:5f5a/64 Scope:Link
         
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
         
RX packets:3123 errors:0 dropped:32 overruns:0 frame:0
         
TX packets:1473 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         
RX bytes:339969 (339.9 KB)  TX bytes:233239 (233.2 KB)

lo       
lo Link encap:Local Loopback 
         
inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
         
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
         
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
         
RX packets:2963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         
TX packets:2963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
         
RX bytes:221925 (221.9 KB)  TX bytes:221925 (221.9 KB)
..
What should I do? Also my net got connected in middle but i could not surf. Was it the dns server issue which I had not entered in ?also my IP address is detected automatically.. I have attached my network details from xp in the attached file.In those details SK_THN is my ISP..
please help .  :-\

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[N4RPS]

Hello!

From what you have posted, it looks like you're going directly out to the Internet through a DSL modem without a router in between your PC and the DSL modem. As for myself, I have always used a router (ISP-provided or otherwise) between my broadband modems and my PCs. Doing so has proven to greatly simplify everything, so all this is new territory for me, also.

With direct DSL modem connections, some configuration is required. You may need to look at your XP DSL connection settings in more detail to try and figure out how everything should be set up.

In Windows, DSL providers usually provide a CD that sets everything up automatically for you, so you may have no clue about how to do any of this. Consequently. if what I am about to tell you doesn't work, or if you've tried all this already without success, then you will probably have to contact your ISP, and hope they have someone there who knows something about how to set up a DSL connection for Ubuntu Linux. With all that said, here goes:

On the bottom panel, click on the network icon and select 'Edit', then click 'Add'. A new box will appear, saying 'Choose a connection type'. Click on the drop box and select 'DSL', then click on the 'Create' button.

Go through all the tabs. 'Hovering' over some of the entries will pop up helpful snippets. Additionally, the files you posted here should give you some kind of idea about how to set up some of the required settings.

Unless/until someone more qualified with resolving this issue steps up, right now, this is the best I can do for you. Once you get this working, I hope you'll come back and share the details with us, so that someone can add the procedure to the help manual...

73 DE N4RPS
Rob

[dishant]

I had already lost hope without net on linux.. but gave it a try today.. that dsl stuff just gave me a direction as to what all stuff i had to go through .. had to install pppoe package first n then setting username,password and service as provided by my isp..it worked.. thanks N4RPS ..

[ohjrson]

Welcome to Beryl, glad to have ya.  ;D

[N4RPS]

Hello!

My pleasure. I'm glad I could help you to figure it all out in some way!

73 DE N4RPS
Rob