can not connect via ethernet

[Gary J. Kirkpatrick]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:12 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <garyartista at gmail.com>
wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Gary J. Kirkpatrick <
> garyartista at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 19, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Colin Law <clanlaw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>
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>>
>>
>>
>> Found a solution at
>> http://askubuntu.com/questions/346685/wired-connection-problem-ubuntu-13-04-realtek-rtl8111-8168-ethernet-controller
>> .
>>
>> echo on | sudo tee /sys/class/net/eth0/device/power/control
>>
>> Started working immediately!
>>
>> I will mark this solved (and hope it really is)
>>
>> Thank for getting back to me.
>>
>>
>> garyk
>>
>>
>
> Apparently not a permanent solution.  Could not connect just now.  Any
> thoughts?
>
> There is an old thread at
> http://www.twm-kd.com/linux/realtek-rtl81688111e-and-ubuntu-linux/  but
> not sure if this would work on Ubuntu 14.04
>
> thanks
>
> garyk
>


Here's a link to a solution for Ubuntu 11.04

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1661489

But at
http://askubuntu.com/questions/457668/ethernet-controller-not-working-on-new-dell-vostro-2520-laptopsolved
they followed the fix and it worked.

A bit old I should think but what do I know.

This looks more promising:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2244401&p=13122787#post13122787

Any thoughts?

garyk
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