can't connect to internet

nubber555 · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2014 Posts: 5

The eth0, lo, and wireless all showed up on ifconfig command but trying to get to www.gentoo.org with "links" I get the message "host not found." I can ping the laptop with my other computer but it can't ping out. I tried the handbook and looked in the drivers folder, tried loading modules like it says but I don't think it is that because I got a printout for thewireless network card. Then I tried setting the IP, broadcast, etc. but still got the same response. The partition seemed okay, I tried two different setups according to what I saw on youtube video, no cheese. My friend says that the ifconfig info looks off, it even says <up, broadcast, multicast> but still not working. It seems like the router doesn't recognize the machine, even though when I looked at the configuration it says it's "active".

Hu · Moderator Joined: 06 Mar 2007 Posts: 21607

Please post the output of cat -n /etc/resolv.conf; cat -n /etc/conf.d/net.

nubber555 · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2014 Posts: 5

cat -n /etc/resolv.conf
generated by dhcpcd
/etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
/etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line

and the other command:
/etc/conf.d/net: No such file or directory

I tried manually putting in the nameserver before I changed the partition...one thing I noticed was after listing the contents of:
/lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/net
there were numerous files including ethernet, wireless, and wan, don't know if that helps

DONAHUE · Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2014 6:16 am Post subject:

@nubber
are you booting the minimal install cd and trying to perform the handbook steps listed at https://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/handbook/handbook-amd64.xml?style=printable&full=1#book_part1_chap3 ? If so have you run

nubber555 · n00b Joined: 23 Jun 2014 Posts: 5

Thanks! All it took was configuring net-setup, I tried that once before but must have got the settings wrong.