Thread: no ethernet connection 10.04

have finished installing ubuntu 10.04.1 unable establish wired internet connection. have made sure 'enabled' , have tried rebooting. grateful help.
having seen other threads have prepared following information each computer seems have individual problems. comparing these results 8.04 version, think problem may rx & tx packets have no idea these are.
did post similar message on installation forum 2 days ago haven't had replies, hoping can here.
desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 host bridge: via technologies, inc. vt8363/8365 [kt133/km133] (rev 03)
00:01.0 pci bridge: via technologies, inc. vt8363/8365 [kt133/km133 agp]
00:07.0 isa bridge: via technologies, inc. vt82c686 [apollo super south] (rev 22)
00:07.1 ide interface: via technologies, inc. vt82c586a/b/vt82c686/a/b/vt823x/a/c pipc bus master ide (rev 10)
00:07.2 usb controller: via technologies, inc. vt82xxxxx uhci usb 1.1 controller (rev 10)
00:07.3 usb controller: via technologies, inc. vt82xxxxx uhci usb 1.1 controller (rev 10)
00:07.4 smbus: via technologies, inc. vt82c686 [apollo super acpi] (rev 30)
00:09.0 usb controller: nec corporation usb (rev 41)
00:09.1 usb controller: nec corporation usb (rev 41)
00:09.2 usb controller: nec corporation usb 2.0 (rev 02)
00:0c.0 communication controller: conexant systems, inc. hcf 56k data/fax/voice modem (rev 0
00:0d.0 ethernet controller: national semiconductor corporation dp83815 (macphyter) ethernet controller
00:0e.0 multimedia audio controller: ensoniq es1371 [audiopci-97] (rev 07)
01:00.0 vga compatible controller: ati technologies inc rage 128 pf/pro agp 4x tmds
desktop:~$ sudo lshw -c network
*-network
description: ethernet interface
product: dp83815 (macphyter) ethernet controller
vendor: national semiconductor corporation
physical id: d
bus info: pci@0000:00:0d.0
logical name: eth0
version: 00
serial: 00:02:e3:24:51:b5
size: 10mb/s
capacity: 100mb/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33mhz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list rom ethernet physical tp mii fibre 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=natsemi driverversion=2.1 duplex=half latency=64 link=no maxlatency=52 mingnt=11 multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=10mb/s
resources: irq:5 ioport:d000(size=256) memory:dfffc000-dfffcfff memory:dffd0000-dffdffff(prefetchable)

desktop:~$ ifconfig -a
eth0 link encap:ethernet hwaddr 00:02:e3:24:51:b5
broadcast running multicast mtu:1500 metric:1
rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
rx bytes:0 (0.0 b) tx bytes:0 (0.0 b)
interrupt:5 base address:0xe000

lo link encap:local loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 scope:host
loopback running mtu:16436 metric:1
rx packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
tx packets:864 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
rx bytes:66968 (66.9 kb) tx bytes:66968 (66.9 kb)
many thanks.

how connecting web? through modem or have router of sort in-between. happens when do:

code:

sudo dhclient eth0

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