Fedora noob - wg111v2 problems

[jjm123]

hi guys, new to fedora and liking it so far but im having difficulty with netowrking.

im using the netgear wg111v2 wireless dongle and fedora says that im successfully connected to my network. when i try to access the internet it attempts to look up the page but cant load it up. the now familiar address not found screen pops up repeatedly.

from what i gather from other posts this problem can be fixed by playing with the "DNS" settings, unfortunately i have no idea what these are and what to change them to!?

help would be much appreciated!!

[fnmblot]

from a command line, type: ifconfig -a
then post the results please.

[jjm123]

ok i did this and the result was "bash: command not found"
this could be because i am running fedora off a dvd rather than from my hard-drive?
i wanted to see if it was possible to get the internet working before a full installation!

[hyperspace]

Originally Posted by jjm123

ok i did this and the result was "bash: command not found"
this could be because i am running fedora off a dvd rather than from my hard-drive?
i wanted to see if it was possible to get the internet working before a full installation!

Su to root. At the command prompt, type: "su -" (without the quotes). Now, run "ifconfig -a".

[jjm123]

ok thanks, sorry for being an idiot!! ive done that, and the output is as follows:

eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:16:76:8F:07:3E
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:17606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17606 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:880460 (859.8 KiB) TX bytes:880460 (859.8 KiB)

pan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr B2:33:37:66:61:0D
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1B:2F:96:77:AB
UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

wmaster0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-1B-2F-96-77-AB-F4-FF-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 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:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

thanks for your help.

[hyperspace]

Looks like your wireless is running but the information does not show any IP addresses. Do you want to use static or DHCP addressing? What version of Fedora are you using?

[jjm123]

ok well im using fedora 9, and im not at all sure what the difference between static and dhcp addressing is! networking is not my forté! thanks again