internet connection settings kubuntu 7.04

[Nils Kassube]

Wolfgang Schuch wrote:
> Clicking on KMenue -> system network -> network configurations I found
> the 4 tabs for the settings:
>
> TAB 1
> Network interfaces: there came up automatically a setting, which I
> did'nt change:
> interface: eth0
> IP adress: 169.254.4.214 (this I don't know where it came from, but
> guessing that the program has detected it automatically, I did'nt
> chagnge it) protocol: dhcp

The address 169.254.4.214 is set by zeroconf, which is installed by 
default now. Basically it works like Jonathan Byrne explained in his
earlier response. Have a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeroconf if 
you want to learn more about it.

> state: Up
> comment: Ethernet Network interface
> If I selected this interface and clicked on confugration, it came up a
> window, where I cuold sekect only 'automatic', leave the indicated
> 'eth0' and leave the mark on 'enable at boot time'.
> If I selected 'manual', in the 'basic device information' there was
> already by default set the IP adress : 169.254.4.214, and the netmask
> as 255.255.0.0 clicking on the ' advanced' button, ther were under
> 'advanced network interface information':

The IP address and net mask are taken from the current setup. If you had 
already received a setup by DHCP you would see the address and netmask 
received by DHCP.

> Description: 'Ethernet network interface' (generated automatically)
> Broadcast:'169.254.255.255' (generated automatically), and finally,
> Gateway: void (there I put 192.168.1.1) This position was not described
> in the 'Help' text.
>
> But finally I left it in 'automatic', so it would work all with DHCP.

If you don't receive a DHCP response, there is no known gateway - that's 
why it was void. You inserted your router IP, which is fine. However, it 
will not work anyway, because the interface is configured to connect only 
to addresses in the 169.254.x.x range. Therefore your router is not 
reachable.

> TAB 2
> Routes
> Default Gateway:
> IP adress: I introduced 192.168.1.1
> device: eth0 (I did'nt change it)
>
> TAB 3
> Domain name system
> Host name:: automatically was set XXXX (beeing XXXX my path in
> 'home/XXXX/ ...') I did'nt change it
> Domain name: I introduced 'ing-acotec.es'
> in the upper window 'domain name servers' I introduced 192.168.1.1
> in the lower window 'known hosts' (stativ servers) there were several
> IP adresses, which had been generated automatically:
>
> IP adresss                  Alias
>
> : :  1                          ip6-localhost ip6-lookback
>
> 127.0.0.1                   localhost
> 127.0.0.1                   XXXX-desktop
> fe 00 :: 0                   ip6-localnet
> ff 00 :: 0                    ip6mcastprefix
> ff 02 :: 1                    ip6-allnodes
> ff 02 :: 2                    ip6-allrouters
> ff 02 :: 3                    ip6-allhosts
> All these values I did'nt change them.
>
> TAB 4
> Network profiles
> this tab by default was empty. Shall I add something?
> In the 'Help' text this tab was not described.
>
> If there should come up some doubts on the my connection possibilities,
> I list you now the internet settings I had before onthe SuSE:
> - automatical adresses configuration via DHCP
> --IP adress 192.168.1.2 (my PC had the ending '2' for not having
> conflicts with the other PC, which ends in '3')
> -- computer name: XXXX
> --domain name: ing-acotec.es
> --[X]marked: change computer name via DHCP
> -- name server 1: 192.168.1.1
> --domain search 1: ing-acotec.es
> --[X]marked: update server names and search list via DHCP
> -Routes
> --default gateway: 192.168.1.1
> Maybe these data can help you in answering my questions.

Until you get a better answer I would change the interface configuration 
from DHCP to manual (sorry, ATM I can't test what should be done with 
zeroconf installed). Set your IP address to 192.168.1.2 like it was 
before. Set the net mask to 255.255.255.0 - then your router should 
respond to a

ping 192.168.1.1

and your second PC should be reachable now as well.

Finally set your gateway and nameserver bothe to 192.168.1.1 to enable the 
connection to the internet.

The setting of your hostname and domain name are not really vital.


Nils