No network on 12.04 install

[Hakan Koseoglu]

Leslie,

On 1 July 2012 19:37, Leslie Anne Chatterton <lahc2007 at gmail.com> wrote:
> After you have assigned a fixed IP address to your network interface then
> ping 127.0.0.1 or "ping localhost" - same thing. This will be the lowest
> level test of your networking configuration.
>
> If it returns a local ping then try the IP's of other computers on your
> local network. If that works try pinging some websites by name. Try "ping
> google.com". Many busy websites block ping return as a security measure but
> Google doesn't seem to at least on this Android Tablet.

Pinging localhost doesn't mean anything. He should be at least pinging
the router or an other machine in the same network.