lucid network connection

[vinod s]

Disable DHCP in wired configuration.Configure wired connection mannually
with ip,subnet,gateway and dns.

2010/3/29 Laura Conrad <lconrad at laymusic.org>

>
> I've never figured out how to tell network-manager that I want to use
> the wired connection if it's there, and to only try to connect
> wirelessly if the ethernet cable isn't plugged in.
>
> So I install wicd, and tell it what I want.
>
> On lucid, the wired connection is made, but for some reason, when I
> boot, the DNS (which should be what the router provides) doesn't
> happen.  That is, I can ping the router IP address, but not any sites
> on the other side of the router by name.
>
> If I disconnect the wired connection and then reconnect, everything
> works OK.
>
> Is there a better workaround than doing this manually?
>
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