Ok, I have a connection to the internet now. Those commands seemed to work.
I would love an explanation as to what I was doing wrong.
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Ok, I have a connection to the internet now. Those commands seemed to work.
I would love an explanation as to what I was doing wrong.
Thanks Chili555, details below:
stephen@ubuntu:~$ nm-tool
NetworkManager Tool
State: connected (global)
Thank WIld Man, yes I did have other details in that file. So I've commented them out now and rebooted.
I can now see the network connections but I still don't have a connection to the internet.
Wild Man, just wondering if you have any thoughts on this.
Regards,
Wild Man, details below:
stephen@ubuntu:~$ cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=12.04
DISTRIB_CODENAME=precise
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 12.04 LTS"
Linux...
Wild Man,
No, the Wifi connection is fine. My laptop connects via Wifi with no problems.
The problem is with my old PC running Ubuntu 12.04 (its an old machine I'm using as a media centre, it...
I was connected to internet via WiFi on my Mac Book Pro. Yes, I copied and pasted for accuracy.
Stephen
Thanks Wild Man,
I tried this command on my Mac Book Pro, but I'm getting the following error:
-bash: wget: command not found
Regards,
Stephen
Hello,
I'm having problems connecting to the internet after install Ubuntu 12.04, I can confirm that there is nothing wrong with my router. I have a ethernet cable connect to my Ubuntu machine and...
Thanks Morbius1, its working now.
testparm -s
Load smb config files from /etc/samba/smb.conf
rlimit_max: increasing rlimit_max (1024) to minimum Windows limit (16384)
Processing section "[printers]"
Processing section...
Thanks Caboose, I don't think I explained myself very well.
I'm trying to access the shared folders on the Ubuntu machine from my mac book pro.
I've edited the post accordingly.
I have an old dell desktop running Ubuntu 11.04, I also have samba installed on it. I'm trying to access the shared folders on the Ubuntu machine from my Mac Book Pro, so I go into 'Finder', click...
Problem solved, refer the following link:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1838740
Dondada, thanks for the post. I had exactly the same problem, I'm back online now.
Vijay, thanks very much for that. I'm back online.
Ok, I think I have a solutions. The following thread has a similar problem and solution:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1838773
I'm trying to edit the file NetworkManager.conf as per...
Hey, I'm having exactly the same problem, still waiting on a solution. My post is here, so might be worth keeping an eye this thread as well:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1838740
Not sure what you mean, I have the cable plugged directly into the router/modem.
cat /etc/network/interfaces has the following settings:
# The loopback network interfaces
auto lo
iface lo...
Hello,
I'm trying to connect to the internet on ubuntu 11.04. I have the ethernet cable plugged directly into the modem.
I've added a wired connection and updated the IPv4 settings changing...
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Just tried to ping the server and got the following......
PING 192.168.1.115 (192.168.1.115): 56 data bytes
Request timeout for icmp_seq 0
Request timeout for icmp_seq 1
Request timeout for...
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Hello,
I'm trying to connect remote connect to my ubuntu (version 11.04) home server via my mac book pro. I've enabled desktop sharing on the server and I've installed 'Chicked of the VNC' on my...
Problem solved, I was connecting to the server under the laptop user name.
When I used the correct username and password, everything worked fine.
Thanks all for the help.
Regards,
Stephen