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My Ubuntu computer connects to the router through an ethernet cable. The router is connected to the phone line. No other cables or devices are used.
How can I configure Ubuntu's "Network Manager" to work with my Speedtouch 516 ethernet router ? (My ISP uses static IPs rather than dynamic IPs.)
This is what I did so far by reading various tutorials but it will not work :
Configure router to "bridge mode" and DHCP disabled. (I go to http://192.168.1.254 to access my router's config.)
add my user name to the dev group in /etc/group
/etc/network/interfaces
auto lo iface lo inet loopback
4. /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf
[main] plugins=ifupdown,keyfile [ifupdown] managed=true
5. In the Network Manager GUI I go to the "DSL" tab:
a.) write in user name and password b.) choose manual: The gateway is 192.168.1.254 right ? Where do I get the info for: Address and Netmask ? For DNS, I use Google's: 8.8.8.8, 8.8.4.4
6. /etc/init.d/network-manager restart
If I had a working connection, are there any commands I could run on the terminal to get that information ? – Kimberly Douglas – 2011-05-06T14:23:19.517
The "ifconfig" utility should indicate if a connection is "active" or "down" (but that depends on a physical connection) in addition to showing you what the computer thinks the IP address is. There's also the "dhclient" utility which can obtain an IP address over DHCP, but if your ISP doesn't have a DHCP server available for you then you'll need to contact them for the Static IP address details. – Randolf Richardson – 2011-05-06T14:47:44.197