both wired and wireless internet connection not working

Asked by Richard Armitage

Just installed Ubuntu 10.10 on Toshiba laptop along side Windows 7. Can't figure out how to get it to see my home wireless network. Please advise, thanks!

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David Jones (dj) said :
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go to network manager right click icon edit connections select auto (if) you have DHCP (or) enter ip info for (static)

    David
    in TN

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Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said :
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Hi,

Please first connect your network card to the wireless router using an ethernet cable (also known as a LAN cable).

In order to gather essential troubleshooting information about your wireless card, please follow this procedure:

Step 1: Open Terminal from "Applications->Accessories->Terminal"

Step 2: Please copy-paste the following command from the https://answers.launchpad.net/ubuntu website in Firefox into the Linux Terminal. Do NOT copy-paste from the Email message into the Terminal, as that will only copy PART of the command. The command STARTS with the word sudo and ENDS with the word lsmod. So please copy-paste the ENTIRE command below from Firefox into a Terminal, press <enter>, then enter password when sudo asks for password, then press enter again.

Tip: If you have a wheel mouse or 3 button mouse you do not need to type commands into the Terminal. Highlight the command written on the page. Move your cursor anywhere in the Terminal and press the wheel or middle button. Automatic Copy and paste! No spelling mistakes! No Typos! No other errors!

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hwinfo grep; sudo lshw -C network; rfkill list; sudo iwlist scanning; cat /etc/network/interfaces; cat /etc/lsb-release; lspci -nn; lsusb; sudo lshw -short; uname -a; dmesg | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|ound|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|usb|witch|wl'; iwconfig; cat /etc/modprobe.d/* | egrep 'acx|at76|ath|b43|bcm|CX|eth|ipw|irmware|isl|lbtf|ndiswrapper|NPE|p54|prism|rtl|rt2|rt3|witch|wl'; sudo hwinfo --netcard ; cat /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state; sudo lsmod

Step 3: Please post results (copy/paste terminal output) on this thread. The troubleshooters here need to see the full Terminal output from running the above command.

Step 4: Please also specify the exact model and make of your PC (if known) on this thread

Regards,

Mark

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Richard Armitage (armitage80) said :
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David: Thanks for the reply, I have tried this but on "Connections" there is no option to select "auto".

Mark: When I connect to the modem with an ethernet cable, the modem is not recognized. Consequently I cannot get internet access and therefore cannot copy and paste anything.
Suggestions?

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Richard Armitage (armitage80) said :
#4

Being a life-long Mac user who now has to add a PC to my network I was hoping that the use/set up of Ubuntu and also the support offered by those using it would be at least equivalent to that on the Apple community board. Obviously I was wrong, if none of you out there can help with the simple matter on getting on the internet (!) I guess I'm resigned to having to use Windows.
I have to say I am really disappointed with this lack of rudimentary "support".

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