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

Timothy Spring lordfoom at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 13:37:02 UTC 2016


I think I may have confused the issue here, let me try again :)

I'm afraid it didn't get an IP address - I set the IP via the
suggested ifconfig command, which set the ip, but produced that weird
SIOCSIFADDR error, and still no connectivity.

To test this, I rebooted: ifconfig only shows the "lo" interface,
needing "-a" to show the wlp2s0, which has no IP address assigned to
it post reboot.



On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
> Ok ignore to set the IP as it did get an IP address.
>
> Can you the ping the wireless card IP?
>
> On 13 June 2016 at 15:20, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The ip address was set after I ran the 'sudo ifconfig wlp2s0
>> 192.168.10.50 255.255.255.0 up', which I ran a few times with
>> different ips, each time it set the IP, but I got the SIOCSIFADDR
>> invalid argument exception. Still can't ping anything though: 8.8.8.8
>> gives network unreachable, any other internal address gives me
>> "destination host unreachable".
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Ok, so you do have an IP address, can you ping the router, or anything
>> > else
>> > on the LAN side?
>> >
>> > On 13 June 2016 at 15:11, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> little difficult to copy from that machine as I don't have network
>> >> connectivity, so here's my best shot at retyping it:
>> >>
>> >> Running just ifconfig I get:
>> >>
>> >> lo link encap: Local loopback
>> >>     inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
>> >>     inet 6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
>> >>     UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
>> >>     RX Packets:37417 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> >>     TX packets:37417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> >>     collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
>> >>     RX bytes: 2281513 (2.2 MB) TX Bytes: 2281513 (2.2MB)
>> >>
>> >> wlp2s0 link encap: Ethernet HWaddr: 4c:80:93:10:f9:6e
>> >>            inet addr: 192.168.10.26 Bcast:192.168.10.255
>> >> Mask:255.255.255.0
>> >>            UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
>> >>            RX Packets:0 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
>> >>            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
>> >>            collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
>> >>          RX bytes: 0 (0.0B) TX Bytes: 0 (0.0B)
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > 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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