[ubuntu-uk] Connecting to my ethernet Connection......

[John]

Oh that's odd, I thought it had connected once since being installed. Oh 
well. Does anybody have any idea on how get this fixed?

Thank you.

John.

keith wrote:
> No John,
>
> The "never" means that ethernet (or is it wireless?) has /never/ connected!
>
> Keith
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> Keith Bowerman,
> Prestwood, south Staffs, England.
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> ----- Original Message ----
> From: John <jakewc2 at sky.com>
> To: British Ubuntu Talk <ubuntu-uk at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Sent: Friday, 13 February, 2009 2:25:16 PM
> Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Connecting to my ethernet Connection......
>
> Ok, have checked the connections, and rebooted, but its still showing 
> never in the network box. Would that be what is causing the wired 
> connection problem?
>
> John.
>
> Matt Jones wrote:
>   
>> It sounds like it could be the router/switch/modem on the other end of
>> the cable, especially with the dying wireless as well.
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 13, 2009 at 12:36 PM, John <jakewc2 at sky.com> wrote:
>>  
>>     
>>> I am having problems connecting to my ethernet connection, when the two
>>> green lights appear, its still waiting for an address, when I look in
>>> the Network box, it says Auto eth0.....never. I have rebooted the
>>> machine, for it to try to just connect to the etherneet cable but it
>>> keeps connecting to the wireless connection.
>>>
>>> I just wondered if that had something to do with it not connecting to
>>> the ethernet network.
>>>
>>> It connects to the wireless ok, but that keeps on disconnecting when
>>> downloading updates.
>>>
>>> Does anybody have a ideas on why this is happening?
>>>
>>> Thank you.
>>>
>>> John.
>>>
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