Hi Job,<br><br>I would recomend you disable NetworkManger for your wired interface, i have had similar problems with it and decided to  use it for only DSL dialup, wireless and the USB dongles.<br><br>Enter your static IP&#39;s under /etc/network/interfaces as follows<br>
<br><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">iface eth0 inet static</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">address XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX</span><br style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">netmask XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX</span><code style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><br>
</code><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">auto eth0</span><br><br>To disable  NM from managing your wired interface, your network manager configs should be as follows. (/etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf)<br>
<br style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">[main]</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">plugins=ifupdown,keyfile</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">
<br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);"><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">[ifupdown]</span><br style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">
<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">managed=false</span><br><br>Add your default gateway throught the &quot;route&quot; command <br><br><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">sudo route add default gw XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX dev eth0</span><br>
<br>Add your nameservers manually under /etc/resolv.conf<br><br><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 153);">nameserver XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX</span><br><br>Hope that helps, its what i did on mine although i put all these under a script in /etc/rc.local<br>
<br>Cheers.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/6/26 Job Njogu <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:jnjogu@gmail.com">jnjogu@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi guys. Am trying to connect to the internet using network manager<br>
0.7 on ubuntu 9.04 but i cant despite having an ip, gateway and dns .<br>
I try to ping and i get &quot; operation not permitted&quot;. The browser<br>
reports it cannot reach the server. Despite this using applications<br>
like  umtsmon or vodafone mobile connect for linux with a usb modem<br>
connects well. I had installed wicd to manage the wired and wireless<br>
connections but removed it in favor of network manager. I should also<br>
mention i had enabled nat (masquared) on ppp0.<br>
 What could be the problem and how do i go around it?<br>
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