can not connect via ethernet

[Colin Law]

On 17 October 2014 19:18, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
> I have 1404 on a HP 210g (new computer)  I was able to connect via the
> ethernet cable until a few days ago.  The connect works on my wife's W8
> machine.  I can connect to the internet via wireless.
>
> This machine has a Realtek Gigabit network Connection (10/100/1000 NIC) but
> Additional Hardware does not find any proprietary hardware, which I think
> this is.
>
> sudo lshw -C Network
> description: Ethernet interface

Was there not a line before the one above?

Colin