[LBo] New xubuntu user still has no net connection

[Allan Scahill]

What are  the commands to stop the pinging?
Thanks
Allan

On 6/11/07, James Allen <jfallen at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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
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