[ubuntu-za] help - connectivity after installing ubuntu server 16.04

[Anton May]

What is the output of ifconfig?

On 13 June 2016 at 14:49, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tried the driver download, my lack of knowledge quickly became
> apparent. I did notice there are a bunch of iwlwifi files in the
> /lib/firmware directory
>
> More googling led me to to lsmod, and it claims the iwlwifi driver is
> loaded.
>
> Ran
> sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 192.168.10.50 255.255.255.0 up
>
> but got: SIOCSIFADDR Invalid argument
>
> When I run ifconfig -a, though, I see it's assigned that IP to the network
> card.
>
> Not sure I should be trying to assign IPs independently of the dhcp
> server - during install it definitely managed to communicate with the
> dhcp server, if the onscreen messages were to be believed.
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok what is your network details? Assign it an IP address, because then by
> > the looks of it, it's not getting an IP from the DHCP server, command is
> >
> > sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 <ip address> netmask <mask address> up
> >
> > On 13 June 2016 at 14:26, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hey there,
> >>
> >> @anton - when I run ifconfig -a I can see the card listed as wlp2s0
> >>
> >> @neil rfkill isn't installed and I need internet  connectivity to get
> >>
> >> It's an intel centrino wireless-n 1030 (rainbow peak). I can't
> >> understand why it connected during the install from USB, but now I
> >> can't connect at all?
> >>
> >> I'm getting the driver from
> >> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi - will
> >> attempt to manually install now....
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
> >> > What card is it? There should be drivers for it.
> >> >
> >> > On 13 June 2016 at 14:03, Greg Eames <greg at gandcnet.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> Hi Anton
> >> >>
> >> >> I would think that the server does not have the wireless drivers for
> >> >> the
> >> >> card or they are not enabled.
> >> >>
> >> >> Not sure of the best place to get them. Maybe linuxwireless.com, I
> >> >> think.
> >> >>
> >> >> Kind regards
> >> >> Greg Eames.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, 13:25 Neil Oosthuizen <nlsthzn at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>>> The wireless card is  there but DISABLED - Intel Centrino
> Wireless-N
> >> >>>>> 1030 (Rainbow Peak)
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Hi,
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Try - "rfkill unblock all" in terminal and see if that helps.
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Neil
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Regards,
Anton May
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