the quest continues for internet connectivity...

[balls]

I just reinstalled kubuntu 8.1 after trying to solve connections problems after the first install and screwing things up. still no result. Knetworkmanager seems to be a waste of time (if I can even open it, which is a coin toss at best), and the connection options in konquerer wont allow me to really configure anything. i dont have a proxy or a firewall. i just have a simple router to a simple dsl connection (not wireless). in knetworkmanager (when it worked) i tried using the automatically configure option, then I tried manually entering the IP, subnet, and gateway only to find out that knetman doesnt actually support this option yet because of a bug. beautiful.
this is a big problem because it basically makes kubuntu useless. im out of options here. anyone know the way out?

[happyuser]

Re: the quest continues for internet connectivity...

http://kubuntuforums.net/forums/inde...2581#msg152581

[happyuser]

Re: the quest continues for internet connectivity...

or

sudo ifconfig eth0 "yourip" netmask "yourmask"

sudo route add default gw "your nat ip addr"

sudo nano /etc/resolv.conf
---------------------
nameserver "your dns ip addr"
---------------------

so ping www.com

[balls]

Re: the quest continues for internet connectivity...

happyuser, the solution in the link didnt work because supposedly i dont have write permissions (i checked under properties and it says i DO have write permissions).
i also tried the second solution, i entered everything in correctly and had no errors, but still no connection.

but i read about another person editting the interfaces file and managing to get connected, so i guess i just need to find a way to edit and save....diskspace is ok..using admin account..permissions are there...