[help] Router Errors When Using Linux

I managed to install fedora this morning, off of some cd's i burned. Unfortuanatly, unlike my windows computers linux doesn't seem to be detecting my router. It detects something called eth0 which i'm guessing is the ethernet cable which is hooked up to my router. The router displays a blinking light for my laptop with fedora, so i don't know whats wrong. Is there any way that Fedora may be able to see the local area connection? What i'm searching for though is my internet connection. There doesn't seem to be an option to connect to the internet through a router. Like i said before, windows detects it automatically, no need to install any files. Why won't Fedora? Is there any prog?

#94464

It should be detected automatically in fedora too.

Do this:

ps -aux | grep dhcp

and post the output.

Also, you may get more help at gooeylinux.org (stupid plug)

#94510

Is your router set to DHCP, or did you assign IP's statically.

If it's a linksys router, it probably uses a 192.168.1.* ip range. You could always manually assign the IP info in fedora, even if the router IS set to DHCP.

ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.5 -netmask 255.255.255.0

route add default gw 192.168.1.1

pico /etc/resolv.conf

nameserver 192.168.1.1

#94514

contra, i'm assuming

"ps -aux | grep dhcp"

is to be inserted command? How do i type the | image? Internet isn't hooked up to my laptop cuz the network isn't being detected.

BTW, deleted, i think my router has an ip range of "192.168.2.1" since the ip on my two other computers are 192.168.2.3 and 192.168.2.35

#94531

| is a pipe. It should be right above the "enter" key, using shift.

yes, type that into a terminal.

Basically, you should be connecting to the internet using DHCP. See if there is a GUI tool to set up your internet connection, and set it to use DHCP.

#94537

I did what you told me deleted, except for the fact that i changed the 192.168.1.* into a 2. Since thats what my network uses. I activated my connection and it actually got activated but it still won't go on the internet, nor will it access any of my files on my other computers.

#94538

well what i got when i typed ps -aux | grep dhcp was:

flarex 4733 0.0 0.2 4172 580 pts/1 S 16:59 0:00 grep dhcp

is that what was supposed to come out?

#94544

no.

You dont have DHCP running.

There is a GUI config for this. Im sorry, I dont use Fedora, but look around.

Try doing: