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hello folks, I just got done installing XBMC on a USB stick and got it to run on my Acer Revo 3610.

Now my problem is that I don't get an internet connection through wifi or ethernet.

Something you should know, during the installation process of XBMC on the USB stick I was asked to set up a network connection, but I chose not to since it would do so for my PC and not my Acer Revo. Any idea on how I can get wifi and ethernet working?

Edit: Btw I want to to work while running off of a usb for two reasons, 1. Atm I don't have an external cd drive and the ISO to USB thing isn't working for me, I keep on getting an error saying "Missing bootmgr" 2. I would rather keep my windows 7 installation handy. Also forgot to mention that I am trying to run 9.11.

So nobody here can help me out then?

First off I will say that I cannot help you with a good solution but I am having a similar problem on a Live setup directly to my Revo 3160.

I am able to get an internet connection with my wired connection with ethernet if I boot into XBMC, hit ctrl+alt+f1 to get a command prompt and configure the default gateway with the gateway my router is using

Quote:sudo route add default gw 192.168.1.1

and then I enter

Quote:sudo dhclient eth0

to get my ethernet device to obtain an IP and connect to the internet. If you are using a wireless connection you can use

Quote:sudo dhclient wlan0

to try and obtain an IP.

Have you gone through these steps to get a connection?

My problem is that it looses my internet setting on reboot so I need to enter

Quote:sudo dhclient eth0

everytime I reboot the machine, trying to figure that one out right now.

are both of you speaking of the revo 3610 model? just wondering because ethernet&DHCP work great having done the live install on my 3600 but I'm not aware of a significant difference in hardware else than the CPU itself

Alright guys, the issue with wireless is still up as I have no way to connect to it, other then through some painful linux commands. I got Ethernet to work though. Aslong as you install XBMC Live using an external cd drive, it will detect the network settings for you, I had the ethernet cable plugged in during the setup if that makes any difference. USB installation doesn't seem to want to play nice.

Basically now I have a connection, just not wireless, and for now I am fine with it.

for wireless, you could follow this guide http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=202834 in a SSH terminal

thanks, I will definitley look into it later, right now I am trying to figure out how to install a skin on xbmc live lol. It never ends.

please tell me how you figured out the skin installation, that's also on my list

btw revo and wireless: AFAIK the little acer uses some atheros chips, and restricted drivers are already built-in for the live image

"sudo modprobe -l ath*
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath5k/ath5k.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath9k/ath9k.ko
kernel/drivers/net/wireless/ath/ath.ko"

reading through the ubuntu forums it seems as karmic has some serious problems with the atheros drivers, best solution so far seems to use madwifi instead http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1309072

I have a similar problem in that I need to set up XBMC each time i turn it on to connect to my router (using ethernet cable). Is there a way to get it to remember my routers IP address? I am using the Dharma version releases 30/8

Thanks

Update

Unfortunately still not managed to set a static permanent route. Have searched and searched and best guide i have is here. When i follow these instructions i get the following error

netmask doesn't match route address

Now i can get into router settings to see all kinds of numbers! and i can connect my revo by inputting sudo route add default gw 192.168.0.1 so i am sure i am close but just can't get there.

Any help much appreciated.

Thanks

anyone able to assist with the above post - its driving me mad!!

Fonzie83 Wrote:anyone able to assist with the above post - its driving me mad!!

I used this guide
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid...light=dhcp

my secondary DNS looks like this

thanks i'll try it tonight and let you know

If your wireless is Atheros, you can try the guide I wrote for setting up my Foxconn wired and wireless, both static and dhcp.
http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=69513
scroll to the bottom.

same problem here, I just noticed this post after repatching, changing ethernet cables, changing cisco ports - you name it.

Looks like Beta 2 doesn't live the Revo 3610 (I think that's the one I have) on ethernet. I don't even get an IP on DHCP during the install (or running in Live mode from the CD).


Has anyone raised a ticket yet?

hey guys still having difficulty with this, when i input this:

Quote:xxxx@XBMCLive:~$ sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

i get this:

Quote:# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.0.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.0.0
broadcast 192.168.0.255
gateway 192.168.0.21
# dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
dns-nameservers 192.168.0.2
dns-search dummy.net

Now my poor knowledge indicates to me that the gateway of 192.168.0.21 is incorrect as my router address is 192.168.0.1 and is also the reason why i need to input:

Quote:@XBMCLive:~$ sudo route add default gw 192.168.0.1

everytime i boot. Once i do this it is sorted so if i change the gateway above i assume it will work? Is this correct?

I also wonder whether i should amend the IP address from 192.168.0.2 to something like 192.168.0.100 to avoid conflicts. Would this be sensible?

If this is what needs done - how do i actually amend these? I can't seem to type over them in the text shown above.

Any help much appreciated.