Asus Aspire One Network Woes

[Aart Koelewijn]

On Sun, 08 Feb 2009 13:57:19 +0000, Graham Watkins wrote:

> Greetings,
> 
> I've just installed Intrepid onto an Aspire One notebook for a friend of
> mine.  However, I am having intermittent networking problems.  It has
> connected long enough to download and install 245 updates (this may be
> where the problem started) and Virtual Box (he wants MS Access) but
> after the last restart the network was disconnected and I could not
> persuade it to connect.
> 
> To connect at all, I had to connect the ethernet cable from my desktop
> box to the notebook.  Switch off the modem, switch it back on and then
> start the notebook.  This has worked but it isn't working now.  When I
> start up, the network icon shows that the network is being searched for
> but it then  reports it as disconnected.  Attempts to reconnect fail.
> 
> If it's worked before surely it can be made to work again.   All tips
> gratefully received.
> 
> Cheers,

Try if will have your network back when you boot with an older kernel. If 
that works, complete the update. It sometimes happens that you get a 
newer kernel but not all the (restricted) modules for that kernel.

Aart