Issues with both Ethernet and Wireless netowrks

I have recently installed Arch on one of my desktops after having messed around with it in virtual box for awhile. While things went really smoothly in Virtual box with the set up i am having issues getting any wireless networks to work on the desktop machine. Any tips or ideas on how to get them to work? I've already looked in the network sections on the forums but nothing there has really helped me yet. Any ideas would be helpful.
Thanks,
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Do you remember which text editor you chose during the installation process?  I will assume you chose "nano" which is the easiest to use. 
Type this as root:
nano /etc/rc.conf
Then find the line in the network sections that looks like this:
interface=eth0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
If the line "interface=" doesn't have the "eth0" part, add it then reboot the machine.  Once you've rebooted trying running this command:
ping www.google.ca
If you get a bunch of lines about response time and whatnot, it means you are connected.  Press Ctrl+c to make it stop.
EDIT: Just saw your post.
Make sure that you aren't looking at the examples that are commented out.  If you are using DHCP you should just need what I've posted above.
Last edited by nrempel (2011-08-30 20:06:54)

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