Cannot connect to network in fedora 19

Question

I am new to linux. I just installed fedora 19 and it shows that i am not connected to network (not recognizing network) though my connections are correct.
I don't know what to do. Can any one please help me (please..)?

The network is wired.

The result of ifconfig

lo : flags = 73 < UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING > mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10
loop txqueuelen 0 (local loopback)
RX packets 640 bytes 55680
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 640 bytes 55680
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

wlp3so : flags = 4099< UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING > mtu 1500
ether 9c:4e:36:96:ae:30 txqueuelen 1000 (ETHERNET)
RX packets 0 bytes 0
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0

Result of any ping ip address gives the following results

connect : network is unreachable

Solution 1

I found out that the error is due to atheros AR8161 driver. So i have to install them.
Installing them with internet connection is easy,
but i dont have any wired(because it is not getting recognised) and any wireless network.
Can someone help me with this?

Solution 2

This is a very open ended question. You need to include what you have already tried as well as more information on how you're connected. Is this wired or wireless? Can you ping IP addresses but not hosts? There are a lot of questions that need to be answered.

I will try to give you some basic "how to" information here.

First, open a terminal and type ifconfig. Look for your listed network device there and ensure there is actually a connection. This command can give you lots of information on possible problems.

If connection looks good there, we need to diagnose why fedora thinks your not connected. First things first, try to ping just an IP address locally. Your routers IP address works great here.

If you can ping your router then try to ping outside your network. IP 8.8.8.8 is one of google's public dns servers and it responds to pings. Go ahead and ping that. If you get a response there then the problem is with your hostname resolution, in which case you need to put your nameservers in the /etc/resolv.conf file.

If you are unable to ping out but can ping locally, check your default gateway setting. In Fedora that setting is in /etc/sysconfig/network

If you can not ping locally, check your ip address and netmask setttings.

Do some of these research items and edit your question when you have more detailed information please.

Comments

[superuser0]

Welcome to Unix.StackExchange.com. This post does not provide enough informations to solve your problem. Please figure out the network technologies of your ethernet card and your router etc and provide output of ifconfig and so on. -1 for so few informations.

[kobe24]

Done using usb dongle