Hi,
Welcome to Linux Mint!
Your inxi -N command did not appear to work correctly, you should get a result something along these lines
Network:
Card-1 Intel 82801DB PRO/100 VE (MOB) Ethernet Controller driver e100
Card-2 Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG [Calexico2] Network Connection driver ipw2200
It is probably due to the terminal window that you were using to cut and paste the information.
Your connection is not going to work with 169.254.x.x. IP address. This is a default address that is assigned by Windows XP APIPA feature (automatic private network IP addressing). Have you tried renewing DHCP lease? Do you know what should be the IP address range once you are able to connect? You are on a WiFi LAN, who is the administrator for this network? If you are on a University LAN of some type, a lot of places require you to click on a default window in a browser before you are assigned an IP address, this is common practice in WiFi enabled Cafe's and libraries. To renew a lease you can try either of these commands
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sudo /etc/init.d/network restart
sudo network-manager restart
sudo ifconfig (to verify new lease)
With kind regards,
pompom
