Re: [Nolug] ubuntu 10.04 Internet Connection

What exactly did you do to make everything work?

On 07/10/2012 03:38 PM, Randy Wild wrote:
> Michael,
> Everything working, tks much.
> Saved your e-mail for the future.
> Upgraded to Ubuntu 11.04.
>
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
> *From:* Michael Walker <doublethrow@gmail.com>
> *To:* nolug@nolug.org
> *Sent:* Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:54 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Nolug] ubuntu 10.04 Internet Connection
>
> I haven't had success with that window. I stick to ifconfig. I've also
> never had to play with the metric which I understand to be used to set
> route cost (i.e. lower metric = less costly/preferred route).
>
> Post the output of ifconfig and route as well as the contents of your
> resolve.conf file. Include the IP address and netmask you want for
> your nic as well as the default gateway.
>
> Also, with cox, I have to bounce my modem every time I connect a new nic
> to it.
>
> --
> Mike
>
> On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 2:39 PM, Randy Wild <randywild1@yahoo.com
> <mailto:randywild1@yahoo.com>> wrote:
> > Michael
> > Getting closer. I found a window to config the connection. Based on the
> > computer that works, I gave the Ubuntu computer the IP address,
> Gateway, and
> > Mask. (98.164.124.30, 98.164.120.1 and 255.255.248.0.
> > Metric is blank. Should this be 0 or 100?
> > I'm wondering why I have to give all this info if I'm selecting DHCP
> > automatically?
> > ---
> > randy
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Michael Walker <doublethrow@gmail.com
> <mailto:doublethrow@gmail.com>>
> > To: nolug@nolug.org <mailto:nolug@nolug.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 10, 2012 2:00 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Nolug] ubuntu 10.04 Internet Connection
> >
> > I would check my route table to make sure the default gateway is
> > listed and if I could then ping an IP, but not a domain, I'd check the
> > resolv.conf.
> >
> > --
> > Mike
> >
> > On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 1:46 PM, Randy Wild <randywild1@yahoo.com
> <mailto:randywild1@yahoo.com>> wrote:
> >> I'm having trouble getting Internet connection on Ubuntu 10.04.
> >> It can't get to websites nor can it do updates that are pending.
> >> Known good: CAT5 cable, Cable Modem with COX.
> >> These work with a Windows 7 computer.
> >> On Ubuntu computer, I see Network and it is showing ETH0.
> >> I made sure I don't have any static IP addresses.
> >> What else can I check?
> >> Thanks.
> >> Randy Wild

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