Newbie need help

[websphere]

Hi guys,

I'm a new ubuntu user (just switch from Microsoft) and is willing to learn. Need some help in connecting to SpeedTouch 570 (integrated adsl modem/router). I'm able to see the router but there isn't any IP assigned from the router...

When I plug directly using Ethernet cable it obtain IP address. Please advice... Thank you. Below shows some of response i got:



sk@sk-laptop:~$ iwconfig eth1
eth1 IEEE 802.11b ESSID:"sk" Nickname:"ipw2100"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.442 GHz Access Point: 00:10:C6:48:DB:CB
Bit Rate=11 Mb/s Tx-Power:16 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=100/100 Signal level=-41 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0

sk@sk-laptop:~$ ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:04:23:7e:89:74
inet6 addr: fe80::204:23ff:fe7e:8974/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:111 dropped:111 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:407 errors:0 dropped:4 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:71463 (69.7 KB)
Interrupt:11 Base address:0x8000 Memory:e0001000-e0001fff

sk@sk-laptop:~$ dhclient eth1
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 22480
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases: Permission denied
Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: Permission denied
drop_privileges: could not set group id: Operation not permitted



sk@sk-laptop:~$ sudo killall dhclient
sk@sk-laptop:~$ sudo ifconfig eth1 up
sk@sk-laptop:~$ sudo dhclient eth1
There is already a pid file /var/run/dhclient.pid with pid 134519072
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.6
Copyright 2004-2007 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/sw/dhcp/

Listening on LPF/eth1/00:04:23:7e:89:74
Sending on LPF/eth1/00:04:23:7e:89:74
Sending on Socket/fallback
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 7
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 14
DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 10
No DHCPOFFERS received.
No working leases in persistent database - sleeping.

[websphere]

anyone?

[dstew]

You can only have one active interface at a time with Network Manager. Unplug the cable, reboot, and try again, without the cable plugged in.