[Solved] Network problems installing Arch

Question

Hello everyone. I'm trying to install archlinux-2013-03-01 and I can't get to even start the installing process due to network problems.
I'm using a wired connection with DHCP but when I ping google or something it gives me the 'bad address' error (not the 'unknown host' error). I typed 'dmesg | grep r8169' (r88169 is the module for my Gigabit Ethernet driver) and the output says it's loaded, so it's not a kernel module problem.
If I type 'ip link' it says my interface is called eth0. So then I type 'ip link set eth0 up' and it says is up but again, I can't ping anything.
If I nslookup something it gives me my home address.
I even tryed to load the .iso with the option ipv6.disable=1 and still nothing.
Any help will be appreciated, thank you.
Last edited by babel (2013-04-05 14:43:42)

Answer 1

Thank you both for your responses.
I thought this was weird too, but I can't see any interface with the new network device naming scheme. According to the wiki I must have an interface called something like epn2so but if I type 'ip link' I only see:
1: lo: <LOOPBACK> [some more info]
2: eth0: <BROADCAST, MULSTICAST, UP, LOWER_UP> [some more info]
link/ethernet [my mac address] brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
I think eth0 is the right name because if I type 'ip link set eth0 up' it gives me no errors and I can see  ...UP, LOWER_UP> when I type 'ip link'.
@WonderWoofy: I don't have any Ip address when I type 'ip addr'. I don't know what could it be. This is the first time I have issues "configuring" internet with DHCP and believe me, I've tried hundreds of different distros and configurations.
PS: I wrote [some more info] because it's kind of a pain in the ass copy exactly all the output due to I can't ctrl + c anything in the installing procees. Should I copy the output of any particular command so you guys can see it? Thank you.