[Linux-disciples] Re: trying to connect to internet

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

karl sokol wrote:
>>>Have you tried manually setting the IP address:
>>>ifconfig eth0 inet 192.168.8.100
>>yes
>>>and then see if you can ping or browse to the
>>>router?
> Ping says “64 bytes from 192.168.8.100" [...] 0%
> packet loss.
> Trying to open 192.168.8.100 in mozilla or konquerer
> gives "could not connect to host 192.168.8.100".

But the router is not 192.168.8.100--*you* are.  The router, presumably,
is 192.168.8.1.  Did you try browsing to 192.168.8.1 after manually
setting the IP address?

If you ping yourself, you'll always get 0% packet loss.
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