Hallo martemp en tabasco,
Sorry dat ik even weg was. Ik had de vraag ook gesteld op de engelstalige ubuntu-site en kreeg daar de oplossing:
De mail heb ik hieronder gezet:
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Daan Hoogland wrote:
> > Then I entered 'nm-applet &'. The answer was not a simple OK but a
> > message I did not write down. I got the idea that something was not OK.
> >
> > When I looked at the Desktop I noticed the network icon I missed
> > before has returned to the screen (2 monitors connected to each other
> > with a cross).
The error message seems to be not important because the icon reappeared
and you can use it.
> > As you mentioned I tried to configure the wired connection manually.
> > The window 'Network Connections' has 5 tabs: wired/wireless/mobile
> > broadband/vpn/dsl.
Well, you mentioned Xubuntu 8.04 in your first mail and 8.10 in another.
But obviously I didn't realize that you were now using 8.10 and my
description was for 8.04. Anyway, now I have the 8.10 LiveCD running and
try to find out where your problem is. So the procedure is to right click
the network manager icon in the top panel and select "Edit
connections...". That's where your 5 tabs are.
> > 'wired' shows the existing situation: Auto eth0 - never (the word
> > 'never' seems to pose the problem to me).
Don't worry, the "never" only means the connection has never been
established. During my trials I have also seen "now" and "2 minutes ago".
> > Also 3 buttons can be seen: add/edit/delete.
> >
> > Editing the wired 'auto eth0' connection gives a submenu with 3 tabs:
> > wired/802.1 x security/IPv4 settings.
> >
> > Under 'wired' one can choose to enable 2 items: connect automatically
> > and system setting. Both choices are unabled by default. I kept it
> > this way (I enabled both choices but that did not seem to make a
> > difference).
Well, the default from the LiveCD is both enabled. I would suggest to
enable both because here the connection was established automatically at
login. And if I uncheck both boxes the connection doesn't work
automatically any longer.
> > The subscreen also shows some values: MAC address: 00:D0:59:14:37:41
> > and MTU - automatic. I didn't change these values either.
Good. How about the "802.1x Security" tab? Please make sure you have
unchecked the box for "use 802.1x security for this connection".
> > Under 'IPv4 settings' one can choose among 5 methods: automatic
> > (DHCP)/automatic (DHCP) addresses only/manual/link-local only/shared
> > to other computers.
I suppose your router works as a DHCP server as well. Therefore
try "Automatic (DHCP)" and click OK. Then the connection should be
established. If that really doesn't work, try "Manual" instead
of "Automatic (DHCP).
> > Only when I choose 'manual' the button 'OK' at the end becomes grey,
> > meaning that the changes I make into this menu (entered IP addresses
> > for pc/netmask/gateway and DNS servers) cannot be saved.
The button only becomes active after you have entered all of the necessary
information. After you have selected "Manual", click the button "+ Add".
Then you can type the IP address "192.168.2.100" and press enter. Then
click below the "netmask" and type "255.255.255.0" and press enter. In
the same way enter the gateway address "192.168.2.1". Then enter your DNS
server address (192.168.2.1 or your ISPs DNS server) in the appropriate
field and the OK button should be active.
> > At the end I entered your last given command:
> > sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart. The answer was: reconfiguring
> > network interfaces [OK}.
I did not need this command for 8.10 but it doesn't hurt.
> > Connection to the internet is still not possible. To me the problem
> > seems that I cannot give this laptop-pc an IP-address.
If you still don't get a connection, maybe your cable is faulty? If you
have another ethernet cable available you could try that one.
Nils
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Vrij vertaald komt het hierop neer:
Als je kiest voor de handmatige keuze van een IP-adres voor je pc kun je dit adres pas ingeven nadat je vlak onder het woord 'adres' geklikt hebt. Dit gaat precies zo voor de ingave van de adressen voor 'netmask' en 'gateway'.
Daarna nog het adres van de DNS-server intikken en op 'OK' drukken.
Dit is de procedure bij Xubuntu 8.10
Ik hoop dat het je nu lukt, groeten, Daan
