No network on 12.04 install

[FarSight Data Systems]

On Saturday, June 30, 2012 08:46:29 AM Basil Chupin wrote:
> On 30/06/12 21:59, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> 
wrote:
> >> 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?
> > 
> > The system recognises and I can select wifi networks, but none of them
> > connect.
> > 
> > The problem is that the system is not getting an IP address. It
> > appears that DHCP was not configured for either eth0 nor the WAN. I'm
> > fighting with it now to get DHCP working.
> 
> 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.
> 
> BC

One of the things I like to do to test hardware is boot with knoppix.  It will 
find all the working hardware,  If the hardware works with that then you have 
an OS, configuration, or software problem.  If the hardware doesn't work then, 
you need to fix the hardware.

Mark
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