Можно еще поковырять fbpanel для общего развития. Сам пользуюсь tint2.
Всем огромное спасибо! Прочитал вики, понял советы, все поправил, работает.
Вот то, что вы просили:
[[email protected] ~]$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:1A:92:66:B1:17  
          inet addr:192.168.2.2  Bcast:192.168.2.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::21a:92ff:fe66:b117/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:13 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:894 (894.0 b)  TX bytes:966 (966.0 b)
          Interrupt:21 Base address:0xa000 
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:18043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:18043 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:525145 (512.8 Kb)  TX bytes:525145 (512.8 Kb)
[[email protected] ~]$ route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.2.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     0      0        0 eth0
[[email protected] ~]$ cat /etc/rc.conf
#
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
#
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# LOCALIZATION
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "UTC" or "localtime"
# USEDIRECTISA: use direct I/O requests instead of /dev/rtc for hwclock
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages                                                                                                                                                 
#                                                                                                                                                                                                        
LOCALE="ru_RU.utf8"                                                                                                                                                                                      
HARDWARECLOCK="localtime"                                                                                                                                                                                
USEDIRECTISA="no"                                                                                                                                                                                        
TIMEZONE="Europe/Moscow"                                                                                                                                                                                 
KEYMAP="ru"                                                                                                                                                                                              
CONSOLEFONT="cyr-sun16"                                                                                                                                                                                  
CONSOLEMAP=                                                                                                                                                                                              
USECOLOR="yes"                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                         
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                
# HARDWARE                                                                                                                                                                                               
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------                                                                                                                                
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=()
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="shurgus"
# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
# 
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
#Static IP example
eth0="eth0 192.168.2.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.2.255"
#eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.2.1"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
 
# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng @network @netfs @crond alsa hal fam kdm)
[[email protected] ~]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf 
# Generated by dhcpcd
# /etc/resolv.conf.head can replace this line
# /etc/resolv.conf.tail can replace this line
[[email protected] ~]$ ping 8.8.8.8
connect: Network is unreachable

Если таки поможете разобраться в чем дело и как это вылечить, буду очень признателен.
Доброго времени суток. Ситуация примерно такая: домашняя локалка, инет раздается через свич. Радостно скачал обновление и потерял инет. При этом локалка пингуется, модем на другие машины раздает. Где и что надо поправить?

З.Ы. сорь, если вопрос тупой, я пока еще нуб.