No network on 12.04 install

[Basil Chupin]

On 01/07/12 20:00, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> 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!

Eh, sorry Dotan, but me thinks that it would appear that there is 
something wrong with the mobo :-( .

But have you tried using a (borrowed) network card?

BC

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