Why my newly bought Raspberry Pi with 8gb SD Card cant connect to internet

Hi,

I am very new to Raspberry Pi and today I tried it by buying 1 from Farnell, eagerly tried it, the process went fine until I tried Midori to access internet and it says can't resolve the website. What did I missed in the set up?

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0 rwcurry over 12 years ago

Clem,
You've not included enough information to allow anyone to answer you question.
1. How are you connected to the network (wifi, wired)?
2. Have you checked to see if you have successfully received an ip address from your network DHCP server?
(to to LXTerminal and type ifconfig <enter> then look for your address under the "eth0" or "wlan0" sections.)

3. If you have an ip address try pinging your network gateway (ping -c3 192.168.1.1 or whatever you gateways address is.)

If still having trouble then report back with this information so we know where to start.
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0 Former Member over 12 years ago in reply to rwcurry

Hi Robert,
Thank you for leading the way, I am a windows user and trying to learn this new platform that Is why I don't even know where to look for the MAC ID as my router is blocking all unregistered device/s, after I registered the PI's MAC ID, managed to access the wild already, I am using wired at the moment to test that all the parts are in order.
How to change the output resolution of this board as my monitor says it is only giving a 720P resolution, I would like to set it to 1080P?
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0 rwcurry over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hi Clem,

Glad you're gaining ground. There is a good discussion on setting video modes at:
Raspberry Pi • View topic - Changing video resolution on the fly?

check it out.

Bob
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0 rwcurry over 12 years ago in reply to Former Member

Hi Clem,

Glad you're gaining ground. There is a good discussion on setting video modes at:
Raspberry Pi • View topic - Changing video resolution on the fly?

check it out.

Bob
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