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I've tried using the method in arch linux beginners' guide, under 2. Install, 2.2.1 Wired, but it didn't work, granted there's one step I didn't quite understand, which is the last step: 

Edit resolv.conf, substituting your name servers' IP addresses and your local domain   name:

I don't think that method would've worked, since it says it's for if you have a static IP, but my ISP assigned me a dynamic one.

I've also tried systemctl stop dhcpcd.service, ip link set *myethernetdev* up, systemctl start dhcpcd@*myethernetdev*. That gave me an error, but I never wrote it down. If anyone could help me out here, I would really appreciate it, thanks...

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You need to add your DNS to /etc/resolv.conf, not your external IP address. You are free to use Google's DNS, so you contents of /etc/resolv.conf should be as following:

nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

Other than that, you did not provide any information on how you need to connect to your internet. If you have a router on your network then starting dhcpcd.service is usually enough to do assuming there is DHCP server running on your router (which is the case most of the time).

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  • In /etc/resolv.conf there's also a line that look something like this: search <domain.tld> What do I add in there?
    – user3466884
    May 10, 2014 at 17:45
  • If your computer is not part of a domain, then comment this line out or remove it, it's not needed. Also, it is likely that resolv.conf will be configured/overwritten by dhcpcd, so first try only running that.
    – phoops
    May 10, 2014 at 17:48
  • Ok, sorry, just want to clarify here. Boot from the CD, systemctl stop dhcpcd.service, then systemctl start dhcpcd@myethernetdev and then edit the /etc/resolv.conf file accordingly?
    – user3466884
    May 10, 2014 at 18:01
  • No. Boot from cd, and execute systemctl start dhcpd or just dhcpcd. That's it.
    – phoops
    May 10, 2014 at 18:07
  • Sorry, should've specified that I've already tried these and they didn't work.
    – user3466884
    May 10, 2014 at 20:39

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