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From: miano skunks <miano.skunkworks@gmail.com>
To: Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com>; Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 4:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Ubuntu 12.04 wired connection problem

It may be an issue with Realtek cards when dual booting Windows and
Linux, have a look at ->
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-networking-3/realtek-8139-8168-8169-on-2-6-21-3-or-newer-593495/

Miano.

On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:47 PM, Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com> wrote:
> I have done all that. Still no connection. I cannot even ping my gateway.
>
> Allan Ouma
> P.O. Box 12731
> Nairobi
> 00400
> Kenya
>
> ________________________________
> From: Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com>
> To: Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com>
> Cc: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:21 PM
>
> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Ubuntu 12.04 wired connection problem
>
> Boss,
>
> ping your gateway and then
>
> do a
>
> arp -a
>
> and check if u have your routers MAC address.  If you do, then we know that
> connectivity is OK on the LAN. next check that ur not filtering traffic.
> Maybe a firewall or some other such application.
>
> u may want to shut down iptables and/or any other firewall security app that
> could be filtering this.
>
> Also check that u can resolve addresses using ur current DNSes.
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com> wrote:
>
> It is not the NIC since it works perfectly on Windows, I can see the drivers
> for the device are installed and it even has and IP address in the Network
> Connections properties (it is on DHCP). The problem is that I cannot even
> ping my router yet it has even allocated itself and IP address within my
> LAN's range.
>
> Allan Ouma
> P.O. Box 12731
> Nairobi
> 00400
> Kenya
>
> ________________________________
> From: Anthony Lenya <tlensya@gmail.com>
> To: Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com>; Skunkworks Mailing List
> <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2012 1:01 PM
> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Ubuntu 12.04 wired connection problem
>
> Is the problem the network interface or internet settings?
>
> That would be a good place to start
>
>
>
> On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Allan Ouma <aouma@ymail.com> wrote:
>
> I recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Optiplex 755 desktop. The wired
> connection shows that it is connected but I cannot access the internet. I
> have tried removing the resolv.conf package and enable NetworkManager but it
> still refuses to work. I am now stressed since I need this connection to
> work for some project I am working on.
>
> Any help towards solving this problem will be greatly appreciated.
>
> Allan Ouma
> P.O. Box 12731
> Nairobi
> 00400
> Kenya
>
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