Re: [gentoo-user] Internet not working after instillition

[Dan Farrell <dan@spore.ath.cx>]

On Mon, 26 Feb 2007 17:00:21 -0800 (PST)
Harbir Singh Hundal <hshundal@yahoo.com> wrote:

>   Hi!
>   
> I have build the system, with kernel-2.6, and during the instillation
> I have emerged dhcpcd, but my internet is not working.
> 
> When I do # ifconfig I can see the assigned IP 192.168.0.2 for eth0,
> and I am using a router as a gateway with address 192.168.0.1
> 
>  
> 
> I am able to ping 192.168.0.1, but when I try to ping www.google.com
> or any other site it gives the message "unknown Host".
> 
>  
> 
> I don’t know what to do now, any sort of help will be appreciated.
> 
>  
> 
> Thank you
> 
> Harbir
> 
> 
> Regards
>   Harbir Singh Hundal
Steps to manually set up a network device with dhcpcd
# dhcpcd eth0
# echo "search mynetwork.net
nameserver 192.168.0.1
" > /etc/resolv.conf

You would want to replace mynetwork.net and 192.168.0.1 with
appropriate values for your domain and nameserver, respectively.  

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