ok so firstly I apologise for wasting peoples time! But at least I've learned some useful stuff
but it turns out I have a broken port in my room after trying this in someone else's port, hopefully I won't have any more problems once that is fixed

thanks for your help!

When we use an ethernet cable whichever website we use first it re-directs to a university login page. But nothing appears to load, also still no lights! I'm off to get another cable and re-try, if not then i guess I should cut my losses and move onto getting a wipi? Out of curiosity is there a way ...

Im new to the cli and rpi so when you say ping im not sure what you mean?

Im not connected to a router I'm using a network port as im in university accommodation. I will try the cable on my laptop tomorrow

Hi everyone, I just booted up my rpi b+ and tried to get online by connecting my ethernet cable, I have no network lights coming on. I have tried running without a keyboard and mouse, I am using a 5V 2A mobile phone charger. When I type in ip addr show eth0, it displays: 2: eth0: <BROADCAST, MULTICA...