No network on 12.04 install

Dotan Cohen dotancohen at gmail.com
Sun Jul 1 10:00:06 UTC 2012


On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 3:46 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> Which is exactly what I went through and why I re-installed the system
> thinking that the network configuration was somehow messed up :-( .
>
> In my case, I even checked that the little contact "fingers" in the RJ45
> connectors were correctly in place and didn't somehow get out of their
> position (which actually happened many years ago on one of the RJ11
> connectors).
>
> The only suggestions I can now offer is to get a network card (borrow or
> buy) and install that.
>
> Frustrating I know when you think that there is no logical reason for
> something like what you are experiencing should suddenly happen.
>

The network cable, router, router port, and USB wifi adapter are
known-good and work with other equipment. Frustratingly, even an
openSuse 12.1 LiveCD did not get an IP address via DHCP either!


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