[ubuntu-za] Cannot get WIRED connection to work - r2

[Frans de waal]

In terminal type ifconfig

Also the network icon top righthand corner of the screen should give you
all you need.

Frans de Waal
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skype: meesterarend1

Wie plant en wie natgooi is nie belangrik nie. Die belangrike Een is God,
want dit is Hý wat laat groei.
1 Korintiërs 3:7
On Feb 11, 2014 8:31 PM, "Ubuntu Bear ZA" <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 11/02/2014 15:28, Frans de waal wrote:
>
> I'm thinking dhcp issues... do the laptop maybe have a static ip addres...
> and the desktop not?
>
> OK, you're out of my depth - no can do - where and how do I check for the
> IP address?
>
>  Frans de Waal
> cell: 076 639 8315
> skype: meesterarend1
>
> Wie plant en wie natgooi is nie belangrik nie. Die belangrike Een is God,
> want dit is Hý wat laat groei.
> 1 Korintiërs 3:7
> On Feb 11, 2014 1:18 PM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>  On 11/02/2014 10:16, Charl Wentzel wrote:
>>
>> On 11/02/2014 08:59, Piet UbuntuPos wrote:
>>
>> *  It picks up that there is a wired connection and tries to connect but
>> does not really work - and then it suddenly works as it should - for no
>> reason, but disconnects when I restart and then I cannot connect to the
>> WIRED system, until it decides all on its own to start working again.
>>
>> Just reading through this, it sounds like a possible hardware problem.
>> Have you tried a different:
>> a. network cable
>> b. a different network port
>> c. (if possible) a different network card
>>
>> Charl
>>
>>
>>  Regarding a) the network cable works fine on the laptop
>> b) network port - not sure what you mean by this - if it refers to the
>> Desktop - if it refers to the router, I will try it, but why will it work
>> on the current port on the laptop?
>> c) bought a new network card yesterday - still same problem though.
>>
>> I have not been able to work out how the CD with the network card works -
>> perhaps I need to work that out - although I had been thinking that just
>> installing the network card should just work in Ubuntu (without the CD
>> adding anything).   Am I wrong in thinking this?
>>
>>
>>
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