Connecting to the Internet

[goloo]

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I am a totally new Raspberry Pi user. After connecting all the cables into their proper places, the Pi (model B) is on but I cannot connect to the internet.

My internet service provider is Bell Canada. It is "Fibe" (DSL?) and the router is a Sagecom F@st2864.

I connect my Pi to the router using an ethernet cable.

Is there anything else that I need to do so that I can use my Pi to surf the net, check my Gmails and watch YouTube?

Please let me know. Thank you.

[AussiVic]

Gday
I found that the raspberry pi was ready to connect to the internet. all i did was attach a wifi dongle to the raspberry pi and used the wifi connect utility in the "startx" windows like interface. it even provides a web browser all be it a basic one.

[DeeJay]

As @AussiVic says, for most people it 'just works'

To help find out why not -

What Operating System have you installed on your RPi?

Do you know that the ethernet cable you are using is a good one? (Has it been used to connect some other device successfully?) Similarly, do you know that the connection on the sagecom box is working?

If you connect any other new device to your Bell Canada home router is any special configuration or authorization needed before that device can access the internet?

How do you know that your RPi cannot connect to the internet? What programs have you tried and/or what tests have you carried out?

[goloo]

I downloaded NOOBS and used Debian as the OS.

My ethernet cable is a new one.

The connection to the sagecom box is working (cuz the light was flashing).

No special config or authorization is needed cuz I already am hooking two other devices on to the box and they are working properly (one being a VoIP box and another is the TVPad).

I know it is not connecting to the internet becuz it gives me an error message: CANNOT RESOLVE TO {URL}

I was using the web browser programs such as Midori or NetSurfer.

As @AussiVic says, for most people it 'just works'

To help find out why not -

What Operating System have you installed on your RPi?

Do you know that the ethernet cable you are using is a good one? (Has it been used to connect some other device successfully?) Similarly, do you know that the connection on the sagecom box is working?

If you connect any other new device to your Bell Canada home router is any special configuration or authorization needed before that device can access the internet?

How do you know that your RPi cannot connect to the internet? What programs have you tried and/or what tests have you carried out?

[jackokring]

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ifconfig eth0

should be listed to find out the IP details which the box should have issued to the pi. Assuming all is well with this, there should be no problem connecting with unmodified network settings.