No network on 12.04 install

[Basil Chupin]

On 30/06/12 16:50, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 6:47 AM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
>> 2 days ago I installed an additional HDD on the computer. Took it off the
>> workbench, connected it to all the normal things - but I had no connection
>> to the internet (ie ADSL modem). The lights on the modem showed that the
>> cable WAS connected to the computer. Changed cables, checked the BIOS, reset
>> the BIOS - still nothing.
>>
>> Yesterday I went out and bought a PCIe network card and now I have internet
>> access.
>>
>> For some unknown reason the onboard LAN decided to die. And I always use an
>> antistatic strap when I am messing around with a computer.
>>
>> BC
>>
> My first inclination was a dead LAN port, but the computer shows the
> same symptoms when trying to connect via USB wireless card.

That particular USB port has 'gone' as well?

I even re-installed the whole OS system because I did not believe that 
the onboard LAN could have gone belly up after only 2 months of use. 
But....as they say in the movies, "S*** happens" :-( .

Does doing 'sudo lshw' or 'hwinfo' provide any clues? Or an entry in 
/var/log message file?

BC

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