Need help getting Ubuntu to work with the network.

[Seph64]

Essentially, it's driving me mad that I can't access the net when in Ubuntu, it used to be able to let me ping websites, but now it is not doing anything at all.

lease {
interface "eth0";
fixed-address 192.168.1.103;
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option routers 192.168.1.1;
option dhcp-lease-time 604800;
option dhcp-message-type 5;
option dhcp-server-identifier 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.1.1;
option domain-name "domain.actdsltmp";
renew 2 2006/9/12 16:06:08;
rebind 5 2006/9/15 09:15:37;
expire 6 2006/9/16 06:15:37;
}


That's the information concerning the leases from the dhcp client ubuntu installed.

rampage@rampage-desktop:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:08:A1:08:31:BC
inet addr:192.168.1.103 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::208:a1ff:fe08:31bc/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:36 errors:1 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:15 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:7719 (7.5 KiB) TX bytes:1702 (1.6 KiB)
Interrupt:225 Base address:0xd400


That's the ifconfig info.

I tried everything I could think of, and nothing allows me to access the net while in ubuntu.

search domain.actdsltmp
nameserver 192.168.1.1

/etc/resolv.conf file.

I would post more info, but I am getting tired at the moment and would like to go to bed.

And yes, the nic module is loaded. (dmfe, a davicom NIC)

I shall check back every so often.

TIA

[Icarus]

Is nameserver 192.168.1.1 working? Can you ping that?

A guy at work yesterday had a simular problem, turned out that DHCP was handing out a bogus gateway for home, check your route table and make sure that's good
route -n

[Seph64]

I'll have to reinstall Ubuntu again (deleted the system off the Hard Drive).

But I think it has something to do with the router as all Linux OSes I tried have some quirks with the network that seem to resolve themselves if I hook the computer directly to the DSL Modem.

It looks like it was the Router (a D-Link Dl-524 model) that was causing me the problems.