[Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online

Diana Scott dianascott1 at hotmail.co.uk
Sat Apr 21 22:30:08 UTC 2012


Hi Dimitris

Ip link 
1 lo<loopback , up , lower up > mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state unknown 
Link / loopback 00 00 00 00 brd 00 00 00 
2 eth0 broadcast multicast , up , lower up , mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo fast state up ql en1000
Link / ether 54 42 49 0c brd ff ff ff
3 wlan0 broadcast multicast mtu 1500 qdisc noop state down qlen 1000

Network manager only state network connection has been disconnected

Please advise . 

Diana 

> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:55:08 +0100
> From: dimitris at siganos.org
> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> Subject: Re: [Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online
> 
> Hi Diana,
> 
> From your description it sounds like it is a Virgin cable modem that
> connects to your laptop via an ethernet cable. If that's wrong please
> say so. I have no experience with cable modems but there are generic
> steps we can follow before going into cable modem specifics.
> 
> Please send the output of these commands:
> 
> 1) ip link
> 2) ip addr
> 3) ip route
> 
> Does network manager report a successful connection at the ethernet level?
> 
> Regards,
> Dimitris
> 
> On 21/04/12 22:34, Diana Scott wrote:
> > Hi Dimitris
> > 
> > The modem model number is E08C007  It has a network cable to laptop for
> > broadband connection .
> > 
> > Please advise .
> > 
> > Diana
> > 
> >> Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 22:06:25 +0100
> >> From: dimitris at siganos.org
> >> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> >> Subject: Re: [Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online
> >>
> >> Hi Diana,
> >>
> >> We need more details. What do you mean by an external modem?
> >>
> >> Do you mean a 3G modem? If yes, please give more detail. How does it
> >> connect to the laptop (USB)? What is it's model number? What is its
> >> product number? Include any other info you might have, modems are
> >> peculiar animals.
> >>
> >> Regards
> >> Dimitris
> >>
> >>
> >> On 21/04/12 21:59, Diana Scott wrote:
> >> > I am using a vaio laptop and an external modem from virgin media . I
> >> > have installed network manager - gnome
> >> >
> >> > Please advise .
> >> >
> >> > Diana
> >> >
> >> >> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 08:32:12 +1200
> >> >> From: gllug at getaroundtoit.co.uk
> >> >> To: gllug at gllug.org.uk
> >> >> Subject: Re: [Gllug] suse 12.1 not connect online
> >> >>
> >> >> Diana,
> >> >>
> >> >> On 22/04/12 08:15, Diana Scott wrote:
> >> >> > I have installed suse 12.1 on a new hard drive but not able to go
> > online
> >> >> > with the plug n play internet connection . Do you know how to
> > config to
> >> >> > go online ?
> >> >>
> >> >> Please provide a little more information:
> >> >> - what equipment are you using to access the Internet?
> >> >> - what sort of machine are we talking about?
> >> >> - is it directly connected or working on a LAN/network?
> >> >> - have you installed NetworkManager or some such software?
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Regards,
> >> >> =dn
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