More Info: Cannot Connect to Ethernet

[Colin Law]

On 13 March 2013 00:37, Mine Last <information.security.admin at gmail.com> wrote:
> Rebooted with no changes at all. Rebooted with and without Ethernet plugged
> in. Nothing worked.
>
> *With the ethernet plugged in (get *that working first, then sort out *the
> wireless) what do you see if *you click on the network icon in *the top
> right (the icon may be *two arrows or it may be a fan *shape)?
> *Also is it the two arrows or the *fan?
>
> The icon is fan shaped; all I see is the open fan icon with nothing inside
> it. If I click on it I see:
> No network connection(greyed out)
> VPN Connections (in white)
> Enable Networking (in white with a checkmark next to it)
>
> *If you click on Connection *Information in the dropdown *from the network
> icon what does *it say *in the ipv4 section?
>
> I cannot click on Connection information because it is greyed out.

Since you have broken the thread and also not quoted the previous
message it is not clear what this message is about.  However, what do
you see if, in a terminal, you do

sudo lshw -C network

This should show you your network interfaces.  Copy/paste the result here.

Colin