[Wolves] Network connection issue

[Ron Wellsted]

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Mo Awkati wrote:
> Hi folk
> 
> I am having problems getting Ubuntu 9.4 to connect automatically to my
> router via the wired Ethernet card. The card is a Nvidia card and has
> always worked well with all Linux distros.
> 
> When I check the network connections on the Network Connections options,
> the Auto eth0 has a greyed out "never" against it and I can't change
> that even when I go through the 'edit' options.
> 
>     * The box for the connect automatically is checked
>     *  the IPv4 setting on automatic (DHCP)
>     * Available to all users is also checked
>     * the only thing not checked is the 802.1X security which is not
>       checked, and that did not make a difference.
> 
> in etc/network/interfaces the following lines appear, is this the problem?
> 
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> should this be auto eth0??
> 
> 
> 
> Any ideas how I can fix this so that it connects automatically?
> 

Hi Mo,

your /etc/network/interfaces file is OK.

So lets try and discover what is happening (or not)

What output do you get from "dmesg | grep eth" ?

what output do you get from ifconfig?



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Ron Wellsted
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