Help! How to configure network connections?

[Bob Nielsen]

On Fri, Jan 21, 2005 at 09:29:38AM -0800, Ying-Ju Suen wrote:
> ulrich, thanks for helping.  But I think I didn't make my question
> clear enough.  In Configuration for Connection settings part, I chose
> (Automatic DHCP) because I use a router.  When I followed the
> instruction to set up my DSL, the configuration for connection
> settings was set to automatic detect network address.
> 
> The following is the steps I did to try to configure my connection:
> 1) Computer > System Configuration > Networking
> 2) add a Network Profile name
> 3) add a Ethernet LAN card device, eth0
> 4) Configuration for Connection settings: Automatic (DHCP) > OK
> 5) activate eth0
> THen I go to www.ubuntulinux.org, I got a msg saying
> "www.ubuntulinux.org could not be found.  Please check the name and
> try again."
> 
> I appologize for my simple question.  Please help!

If the configuration is correct, it sounds like you don't have any 
nameservers set.