How to connect Ethernet on Ubuntu (with auto-detection)
- by user12285
It's been well over six months but I have the same router SmartAX MT880d with Ethernet, and the exact same problem : no internet, even though I can successfully reach the modem settings page by entering 192.168.1.1 in Firefox.
I'm a total beginner with Ubuntu. My internet works great in Windows but does not work in Ubuntu.
Sorry if I don't use the right (technical) terminology to explain my issue. English is not my mother tongue.
For 2 weeks, I've been doing reading on the web and forums and the ubuntuguide.org to name a few, but to no avail. Now I see no other solution but to ask for help.
My problem is that I can't find a way to put the right digits in the right place because I don't know what numbers I need to put in what files. E.g.: do I need to use DHCP? or a static IP address? No clue whatsoever. I'm concerned that I might put figures in the wrong spaces. For example, is the modem/router's IP exactly 192.168.1.1 for Huawei Smart AXMT880d modem? Is the subnet 255.255.255.0? Gateway 192.168.1.1?
I'm confused as I can also see a different IP starting with 155131*** (is it an account number?) on my contract with Huawei (a Chinese ISP).
Apart from calling 911, what other numbers do I need to put in and where?
How do I check that all the numbers have been entered correctly in every appropriate space before trying to connect the Internet?
