Can't get Firefox to load webpages

[jandrews]

I just installed Debian 3.1 (Sarge), and I can't get Firefox to load a webpage. It's not recognizing the internet connection. I'm using a Linksys Etherfast Cable/DSL router to connect to the internet. If I were using Windows XP, I would go to the command prompt and type...

ipconfig/release
ipconfig/renew

to release and renew the adapter.

How do I release and renew the adapter using Debian? Total newbie here. This is my first time using Linux. Point me in the right direction, please!

[lacek]

Network can be restarted with the
/etc/init.d/networking restart
command.

[tailcoat]

Type:

ifdown eth0
nano -w /etc/network/interfaces

edit the interfaces config file to something like this is you want a static IP address (mine is 192.168.1.200)

iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.200
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255

To restart type:
ifup eth0