New User Help...

[danserver]

Hi.. Another neewbie here!!

Basically my problem is that when I install Ubuntu server it will not pickup my internet network connection. I have the computer's netwrok card plugged into the router with a grey crossover cable. It is an oldish computer running a usb wireless internet connection before.

If anyone has any advice that would be great... Obviously i can't do alot without have an internet connection to update etc.

Thanks for your help :)

[scragar]

OK, first thing is to find out if the network card is picked up as hardware:
lspci | grep Eth
If it is then check if ifconfig can see it:
ifconfig eth0 up
If ifconfig doesn't complain attempt to connect using it:
dhcpcd eth0
If that doesn't complain your internet should be up, and I don't understand why it didn't work right away.