Setting up internet on Kubuntu 9.10

[Sissy]

I'm having problems setting up net connections -- both wired and wireless. I have a new laptop which came preloaded with Windows 7. I shrunk the Windows partition and installed Kubuntu 9.10 using the live CD, so that my system is now dual boot.

I'm a total newbie at this and have no idea how to set up net connections. What do I do?

Thanks!

Output of lspci:

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:02.1 Display controller: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 6 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M-E LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
07:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Atheros AR8132 / L1c Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (rev c0)
08:00.0 Network controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 8172 (rev 10)

Output of ifconfig:

eth0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9e:87:35:23 
     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)
     Interrupt:29

eth0:avahi Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:26:9e:87:35:23 
     inet addr:169.254.5.123 Bcast:169.254.255.255 Mask:255.255.0.0
     UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
     Interrupt:29

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: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)

Output of iwconfig:

lo     no wireless extensions.

eth0  no wireless extensions.

I should add that wireless works just fine under Windoze, so there apparently isn't a problem with the card. Also, when I put 9.10 on my old machine, wireless worked (via KDE's network applet thing that shows up in the taskbar, but not via the command line) with no trouble.

[bobcollard]

Re: Setting up internet on Kubuntu 9.10

Right click on your desktop and open Run Command. Type in "hardware drivers" (Without the quotes)
This should bring up an Icon below it with that name. Open the Icon and it should find and recommend a driver for you to install. You will need an Ethernet connection to install it, it is a downloaded driver. Once that is installed reboot and then right click on the Internet Icon in your taskbar. Open "Edit Connections and enter the information there for your wireless settings. You may need to reboot after entering your password. Computers use Proprietary drivers that a Free system cannot include in the installers You, however, can download it and use it as the owner of the computer.