topic title: Can't use internet with Antix 13 base install
Posts: 6
darkestaxe
Joined: 23 Jul 2014
#1
I installed Antix 13.2 base with SpaceFM-Fluxbox onto an old PIII dell lattitude (pp01l ). It has an ethernet port which is ID'd as eth0, but if I open a browser window I'm not connected to the internet. This thing does not have wifi, so no point trying to set that up.

wiCD is not in the list of network managers in the control center, I'm not sure why but maybe it was left out of the base distro.

I found an information thingy that seems relevant, though I'm not sure what the info is called:

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################### PC INFORMATION - nic + IP #####################
##################### Press CTRL + C to exit ######################

Network:   Card: 3Com 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] driver: 3c59x 
           IF: eth0 state: down mac: 00:0b:db:01:cf:31
           WAN IP: None Detected! IF: eth0 ip: 10.0.0.12 

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:0b:db:01:cf:31  
          inet addr:10.0.0.12  Bcast:10.0.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2601:8:9f00:45a:20b:dbff:fe01:cf31/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::20b:dbff:fe01:cf31/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:2560 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
          TX packets:45 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:567672 (554.3 KiB)  TX bytes:6177 (6.0 KiB)
          Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8c00 

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:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:572 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:45120 (44.0 KiB)  TX bytes:45120 (44.0 KiB)
What I could figure out was that antiX is missing an IP address for a WAN. It should be able to get that from the router, it's not like I have some unusual router, it's just a normal comcast cable modem. I have no idea what the original problem is but both windows and ubuntu were able to auto-detect the network.

Suggestions? BTW AntiX is awesome so far for being light-weight and fast.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#2
My first guess is that your dns server isn't getting configured correctly.

If you would, post the contents of /etc/resolv.conf

by the way, the base edition of antiX should have an app called CENI that is a terminal based network configuration app.
Posts: 6
darkestaxe
Joined: 23 Jul 2014
#3
It's pretty much blank, all it has it

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# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
Posts: 6
darkestaxe
Joined: 23 Jul 2014
#4
Alright I was able to get it working simply by creating a logical network in ceni and setting it to DHCP. My internet is now working, thanks.
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dolphin_oracle
Joined: 16 Dec 2007
#5
I'm glad you got it working. SO you know, ceni works by editing the /etc/network/interfaces file. I find its the fastest way to get up and running, and with no daemons in the background, just using the standard networking tools.
nadir
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nadir
#6
I find it more easy to run"dhclient -v eth0", assuming eth0 is what ifconfig -a gives me. It gives proper error messages too. Once that works interfaces can be edited accordingly.
wireless is a different beast.