Thanks for the help. i did it to myself. after i read your posts i did serch for pingging router and saved some of them to do when i get back to the hotel. this is what i found.
dhcpcd eth0 - basically requests an IP address from the dhcp server (typically a router, but not always). The address that is provided is a local IP address (typically in the range 192.168.xxx.xxx).
ifconfig eth0 - should list the details of your network device (eth0) and in those details it should list your IP address (inet addr:), and it will likely be a 192.168.xxx.xxx address.
ping
www.yahoo.com - just tests the network device's ability to communicate outside your local network using domain names, which assumes 1) that you are part of the local network, and 2) that you have a functioning domain name server.
After you have attempted the 'dhcpcd eth0' command (as root), does 'ifconfig eth0' indicate a inet addr? If it does, please indicate the address (e.g. 192.168.1.100).
The next step would be to text local network connectivity by trying to ping your ?router? (ping 192.168.X.1). If success, then this indicates you are part of local network. (X would need to be replaced by your correct local address number)
If that's successful then you could try pinging google's ip address (ping 72.14.213.147). If success, this indicates you can access outside your local network via IP.
If that's successful then you could try pinging google's dns address (ping
www.google.com). If success, this indicates you can access outside your local network using DNS addresses.
when i pinged the router i all i got was
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=79 Destination Host Unreachable
i went into wicd preferences, external programs, dhcp client and changed the settings back to dhcpcd from automatic after reading some of the things i saved from the forum. now sinced i changed it i get this when i go through the information i found.
vector://home/mike
root:# dhcpcd
vector://home/mike
root:# dhcpcd wlan0
**** dhcpcd: already running
**** dhcpcd: if not then delete /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-wlan0.pid file
vector://home/mike
root:# ifconfig wlan0
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:22:3f:fd:1b:f3
inet addr:192.168.1.104 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:289 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1441 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:26556 (25.9 KiB) TX bytes:153038 (149.4 KiB)
vector://home/mike
root:# route -e
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface
192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0
loopback * 255.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 lo
default 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0
vector://home/mike
root:# ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=24 ttl=64 time=8.45 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=34 ttl=64 time=7.35 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=35 ttl=64 time=8.52 ms
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=79 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=82 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=83 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=86 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=89 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=90 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=93 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=124 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=125 Destination Host Unreachable
From 192.168.1.104 icmp_seq=128 Destination Host Unreachable
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=72 ttl=64 time=7.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=78 ttl=64 time=11.6 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=102 ttl=64 time=6.96 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=104 ttl=64 time=7.16 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=105 ttl=64 time=5.96 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=107 ttl=64 time=7.16 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=108 ttl=64 time=5.57 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=112 ttl=64 time=8.86 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=113 ttl=64 time=8.65 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=118 ttl=64 time=8.10 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=119 ttl=64 time=8.39 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=120 ttl=64 time=8.55 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=121 ttl=64 time=6.85 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=122 ttl=64 time=9.38 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=132 ttl=64 time=9.14 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=138 ttl=64 time=7.88 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=139 ttl=64 time=9.30 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=140 ttl=64 time=9.09 ms
now i have internet, it comes in and out but atleast i have it. one other thing how do you stop the pingging?
it just keeps on going.
thanks for all the help.
mike
