9.10 Server install with satellite connection

[bushtech]

Hi all

Desperate noobie here. Install via CD runs fine. SSH seems to hang when booting. My problem is that I am then left at the CLI . Don't think connecting to internet, sudo apt-get update = Could not resolve. I now need to get to a gui so I can find out what's going on.

So, 2 questions:

How do I check if I'm connected to internet?
or how can I load a gui so that I can see whats going on ?

Any suggestions gratefully received.

[louieb]

Run ifconfig Look for the ip address.



/home/lou%>ifconfig
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:07:e9:78:b3:80
inet addr:10.0.0.7 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::207:e9ff:fe78:b380/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:192637 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:334648 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:42930319 (40.9 MB) TX bytes:441456554 (421.0 MB)


see what the ping command brings.



/home/lou%>ping -c 3 www.google.com
PING www.l.google.com (74.125.95.99) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from iw-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.95.99): icmp_seq=1 ttl=53 time=45.0 ms
64 bytes from iw-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.95.99): icmp_seq=2 ttl=53 time=44.5 ms
64 bytes from iw-in-f99.1e100.net (74.125.95.99): icmp_seq=3 ttl=53 time=46.2 ms

--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1999ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 44.575/45.280/46.206/0.683 ms



Ubuntu server does not come with a GUI.
You will need an internet connection to add one.

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop

[bushtech]

Thanks for the help
Apologies - noobie
How do I enter this on the CLI?
sudo?
Do I need to change dir to home/lou?

[louieb]

You need to login.
just examples I ran to show what the output should look like - unless your users name is lou too - your prompt will look different. Just type in the command (command is the part after the > ).

sudo sometimes you need it sometime you don't. Runs programs as administrator.
RootSudo - Community Ubuntu Documentation (https://help.ubuntu.com/community/RootSudo)

[bushtech]

command is the part after the > doh! Thanks

Ok Looks like I'm not connected LOL

ETHO RX =0 TX = 0

LO RX = 156 errors TX = 156 errors

Ping google = unknown host

Now first I need to discover if I'm connected to the network wireless router Netgear DG834PN and then I need to discover if I'm getting to the Gilat Skyedge.

How can I check for my network?

Many thanks Lou

[bushtech]

How do I discover the servers MAC address. Going to try to add it manually to the routers access list

[bushtech]

OK Think I got the MAC via ifconfig

[louieb]

Yes ifconfig shows the MAC address as HWaddr .

Never have setup wireless using the CLI. not any help there - would not know where to begin.

[bushtech]

OK Have now determined that I'm not connected to my network. Can't ping the server from another computer.

Now I'm confused. How do people set up the server version without an internet connection?

I see you can download packages. Can they be installed via CD?. Of course catching all the dependancies is going to be the problem