[LBo] New xubuntu user still has no net connection

[James Allen]

On 6/11/07, Allan Scahill <deli_chef at yahoo.ca> wrote:
> Hi Anita:
>
> > A guess would be to check the Automatic Service Discover.
> Where do I find the above?
>
> > Also, how exactly are you checking for an internet connection?
> I'm typing in www.google.com and getting "Server not found"
>
> > If you know the IP address of the router, try this in a terminal:
> > ping ip-address-of-router
>
> If all I type in is the above, I'm getting the following:
> ping ip-address-of-router
> bash: ping-ip-addressping: command not found
>
> > If that works also try:
> It did not work, but I typed in  route -n just to see what output it gave me.
> allan at ubuntu:/$ route -n
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> 169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     0      0        0 eth0
> 0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         0.0.0.0         U     1000   0        0 eth0
>
> > Also try pinging a known IP address on the internet:
> > ping 88.198.215.82
>
> I get "Unable to connect" "Firefox can't establish connection..."
>
> Thanks for assisting me.
> Allan

ping ip-address-of-router means ping the ip address of your router
for example
ping 169.254.0.1
or whatever is the ip of the router

Also report the ouput of this
ping 209.191.93.52

Also, enter all at the command line, not a browser.

Thanks,'
James