17.04

[CrankyOldBugger]

looks something like this?


64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=57 time=30.6 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=5 ttl=57 time=10.1 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=6 ttl=57 time=10.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=7 ttl=57 time=8.66 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=8 ttl=57 time=14.4 ms


if so, well that's good news.  you can see the internet.

now try it as

ping www.google.ca

(ignore the underscores)

if you get the same result, then that's further good news.  if it fails,
then the problem could be name resolution (i.e. you're lacking the
mechanism to translate "www.google.ca" to "74.125.28.94" or whatever value
it turns out to.

Also, I want to see the results of ifconfig, but to save you some typing,
just give me the part that says:

inet x.x.x.x  (where 'x' is some number)

but I need to see the active NIC card, be it your wi-fi or cable
connection.  So look for something that starts with "inet 192.168.x.x"
(most likely)



On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 16:06 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> At the moment I'm getting a never ending string of numbers ending with
> time=around 20 to 100 ms
>
> On Apr 20, 2017 3:52 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I suspect (although I can't say for sure) that the issue isn't with
>> Firefox or Chrome, but with the networking (i.e. your computer can't see
>> the network, thus can't get on the internet).
>>
>> To confirm, go to a command line and enter:
>>
>> ping 8.8.8.8
>>
>> either you'll get pings from Google (that's one of their addresses) or
>> you'll get timeouts.  If it times out, then the problem is most likely with
>> the eth0 or wlan0 or whatever NIC you're using.
>>
>> If the pings return good, then try ping www.google.ca.  If it says it
>> doesn't know the address then the problem is name resolution.
>>
>> If everything fails, then send us (you may be in for some typing), the
>> results of:
>>
>> ip link show
>>
>> and
>>
>> ifconfig
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 15:45 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> It says "Firefox can't find the server at start Ubuntu.com"
>>>
>>> On Apr 20, 2017 3:42 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Nope no change
>>>>
>>>> On Apr 20, 2017 3:36 PM, "CrankyOldBugger" <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Raymond,  this is just a wild shot in the dark here, but it's possible
>>>>> that network manager isn't started.  Try this from a command line:
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo service network-manager start
>>>>>
>>>>> or:
>>>>>
>>>>> sudo service network-manager restart
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, 20 Apr 2017 at 15:31 Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Re my post about 17.04 upgrade I did a fresh 17.04 install and I'm
>>>>>> getting the same results! I had open suse on a flash drive and it worked
>>>>>> ok.Is there a problem with 17.04? I still can't open the browser, it says
>>>>>> it can't find the server for start Ubuntu.I am at a loss at what I can do
>>>>>> next.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Apr 19, 2017 1:23 PM, "Raymond House" <raymondh40 at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Hi all,I upgraded from Ubuntu 16.10 this morning and the
>>>>>>> installation stopped at "searching for obsolete software" all works but I
>>>>>>> can't access the net either with wifi or lan connected.Firefox and Chrome
>>>>>>> browsers give me the same results"server not found".Any ideas, anyone?
>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>
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