12.04.2 LTS, new install, network broken

[Colin Law]

On 7 July 2013 14:17, Gene Heskett <gheskett at wdtv.com> wrote:
>
> My whole point in that is:  If it cannot do the job its purported to be
> assigned, how did it ever get past QC?

I don't think others have this problem so it must be something
specific to your setup.

>
> At no point here, has anyone offered to help me understand how to do such a
> mundane thing as make the networking actually work, when the user/installer
> has no access to the apply button in the gui tools provided.

If you boot off the live CD/USB and select Try Ubuntu (rather than
going for the install) can you access the network?

Colin