LINK-LED is on but internet doesnt work?

[meiuqer]

Hi, im new to raspberry. I'm trying to connect to internet but it doenst seem to work. the LINK led is on, cable plugged in. But Midori keeps saying "cannot resolve hostname"
what can i do here? only thing i could think of was rebooting but that didnt work

[FTrevorGowen]

Hi, im new to raspberry. I'm trying to connect to internet but it doenst seem to work. the LINK led is on, cable plugged in. But Midori keeps saying "cannot resolve hostname"
what can i do here? only thing i could think of was rebooting but that didnt work

What are the FDX and 100 LEDs doing?
Can you post the output of "ifconfig"?
Trev.

[meiuqer]

http://imgur.com/h62sRX1
thats the ifconfig's result
and the other leds are all shining bright

[DeeJay]

It seems odd that your RPi has not transmitted any data to the local network. (So it has not requested, or been allocated, an IP address.)

Can we deal with a few more bits of basic information please?

What Operating System are you running on the RPi?

What is the 'other' (ie. distant from the RPi) end of the ethernet cable plugged into?

Are you confident that the ethernet cable and the port you are plugging it into are in working condition?

Are you connecting up the ethernet cable at both ends and THEN rebooting the RPi?

[DougieLawson]

Are there green (& orange) lights on both ends of the cable?
Have you tried another cable (just in case)?
What happens if you try

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ifdown --force eth0
ifup eth0

If you know the details of your network (gateway address (192.168.x.y), netmask (255.255.255.0) etc.) [see below †]. Then try

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ifconfig eth0 up
ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.200 netmask 255.255.255.0

to configure it manually.

Can you ping 192.168.1.1 (or 192.168.0.1 if that's your gateway address)?
† Can you look at the network config on a Windows machine, open a command window and use

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ipconfig /all

[meiuqer]

Answers to the questions:

Running a raspbian OS.

The 'other' is, i think, my driver from my wireless usb dongle but it wasn't plugged in. Is that wierd? Anyways, the dongle also usually doesnt work but i would like to get it to work via cable first.

Cable works, i'm on it right now

yes tried rebooting several times with cable plugged in correctly.

Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions guys! i will try DougieLawson's advice tomorrow.

[DeeJay]

The 'other' is, i think, my driver from my wireless usb dongle but it wasn't plugged in. Is that wierd? Anyways, the dongle also usually doesnt work but i would like to get it to work via cable first.

Yes, that sounds weird! I would expect the other end of the ethernet cable to go to an rj45 socket on an ethernet switch or router. I don't understand how you could plug it into a wifi dongle. Maybe I have misunderstood your answer. When you use the same cable to contact the RPi forum, what are the devices at the two ends of the cable connected to?

Your question was about getting a network connection via the ethernet cable - lets leave wifi for another topic or we shall get confused...

[meiuqer]

yes this could also be the router. cable goes to switch and then to a router. or maybe the switch is also a router i dunno.

anyhow i dont have acces to the router and im actually moving so im will test it on another router, maybe it will work then.

Thanks for the help!