ethernet not working

[mrkzam123]

hi i'm 11, i'm new to linux and the pi. just today i ran the pi, it appears everythings working accept for the internet. ive tested the cable on my laptop and its connected to the internet. the link lights on the pi are flashing. after doing ifconfig im getting a inet adress of 127.0.0.1 im not getting a ip address assigned from the router.

Id appreciate help, thx

[Mobius]

First, the Pi does not connect itself to the internet without SW telling it to do so. Generally, folks run the desktop and use one of the available programs like Netsurf or Midori. It does sound like your ethernet is not getting an IP address from your router. If you are using Raspbian Wheezy, you can edit file "/etc/network/interfaces" to set up the ethernet connection. It's possible that the current setup looks like this:

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iface eth0 inet manual

If so, try replacing the "manual" with "dhcp". If it is already set to "dhcp", then you may need to set a static IP address for the Pi. You will need to know the base address of your router (usually something like 192.168.1.1). Then you can set eth0 as follows:

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iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.66
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

The "gateway" is the base address of your router and the "address" is the same except for a different last number.

[mrkzam123]

ok let me try this

[mrkzam123]

i tried

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pg /ect/network/interfaces

but it says there is no such file or directory

[Cloudcentric]

Raspbian "wheezy" should connect to the internet if the Router is issuing an IP address via DHCP.

Maybe it would be prudent to create a fresh install on the SD Card.

Also the cables should be plugged in prior to booting http://debianarmpi.blogspot.com

Also are you use a 5V 1A or greater Power Supply ?

[drgeoff]

i tried

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pg /ect/network/interfaces

but it says there is no such file or directory

/etc/network/interfaces

Typo only in your forum post or also when you tried the command on your RPi?

[mrkzam123]

DOH! haha whoops. ill try with correct spelling now :p.

[mrkzam123]

alright i got into my /etc/network/interfaces and it says this

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auto lo
iface lo inet loppback
iface eth0 inet dhcp

allow-hotplug wlan0
iface wlano inet manual
wpa-roam /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
iface default inet dhcp

what now?

[Spid]

What is the output of iwconfig and ifconfig and lsusb ?

[mrkzam123]

im sorry?

[drgeoff]

At the command prompt type 'iwconfig' (without the quotes) and press the Return key. Report here what the RPi puts on the screen. Then repeat for each of 'ifconfig' and 'lsusb'.

[mrkzam123]

i setup the static ip and it didnt work we reverted back to the original. here are the results from lsusb, ifconfig and iwconfig

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pi@raspberrypi ~ $ lsusb
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0424:9512 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0424:ec00 Standard Microsystems Corp. 
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 0424:2504 Standard Microsystems Corp. USB 2.0 Hub
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 1241:1177 Belkin F8E842-DL Mouse
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 04f2:0116 Chicony Electronics Co., Ltd KU-2971/KU-0325 Keyboard
Bus 001 Device 008: ID 04fc:0c25 Sunplus Technology Co., Ltd SATALink SPIF225A
pi@raspberrypi ~ $ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr b8:27:eb:14:2e:13  
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:20 dropped:10 overruns:0 frame:10
          TX packets:6 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:2100 (2.0 KiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 B)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ iwconfig
lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

pi@raspberrypi ~ $ 

[drgeoff]

You appear to have a keyboard, a mouse and a USB-SATA adapter plugged in. And a USB hub?

Unplug the USB hub and the USB-SATA and reboot with keyboard, mouse and ethernet connected.

Then try ifconfig again.

[mrkzam123]

same thing was happening when it was just the keyboard and the mouse connected. we connected the hub so we could put the results over from the moniter too my laptop.