No ethernet access after upgrade from 16.04 to 17.1

[elecmail]

Not adept at this so looking for newbie level help - Recently upgraded from good 16.04 to 17.1 on Dell 745 with Broadcom BCM5754 card. Ethernet is connected but cannot access either for Ubuntu release site or Firefox. Dual boot system and Win7 Pro still works as does 16.04 when run from DVD. Shows connected at 100 mbps. Can ping router and 8.8.8.8 but not google.com so is a DNS issue. Using tg3 kernel same as before. Here is some setup info:

mitch@optiplex745:~$ sudo cat /etc/lsb-release; uname -a
[sudo] password for mitch:
DISTRIB_ID=Ubuntu
DISTRIB_RELEASE=17.10
DISTRIB_CODENAME=artful
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION="Ubuntu 17.10"
Linux optiplex745 4.13.0-38-generic #43-Ubuntu SMP Wed Mar 14 15:20:44 UTC 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

mitch@optiplex745:~$ lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
03:00.0 Ethernet controller [0200]: Broadcom Limited NetXtreme BCM5754 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express [14e4:167a] (rev 02)
Subsystem: Dell OptiPlex 745 [1028:01da]
Kernel driver in use: tg3

mitch@optiplex745:~$ route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
default gateway 0.0.0.0 UG 20100 0 0 eth0
link-local 0.0.0.0 255.255.0.0 U 1000 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 100 0 0 eth0
mitch@optiplex745:~$

mitch@optiplex745:~$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

mitch@optiplex745:~$ lsusb
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 413c:2003 Dell Computer Corp. Keyboard
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 002: ID 046d:c408 Logitech, Inc. Marble Mouse (4-button)
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 059b:0252 Iomega Corp. Optical
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub

mitch@optiplex745:~$ ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.1.13 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255
inet6 fe80::6391:5539:66db:11c prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:1a:a0:be:b3:e4 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 1336 bytes 379247 (379.2 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 467 bytes 71638 (71.6 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
device interrupt 16

lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 5850 bytes 379260 (379.2 KB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 5850 bytes 379260 (379.2 KB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0

Any ideas? thx Mitch

[again?]

Known systemd bug.
Set custom DNS servers in network manager.
https://askubuntu.com/a/90263

USE you ISP's DNS servers which you can usually find in help pages on their website
or use google's DNS servers(separate servers with a comma)....

8.8.8.8,8.8.4.4
May need to disconnect then reconnect using the network manager.

[elecmail]

Unable to rectify - ended up trashing and re-installing 16.04. Never had an Ubuntu upgrade go without a problem.:(

[Autodave]

....and I have rarely had one work. 13 machines (14.0 to 16.04) and only one worked completely. 2 kinda worked. 10 got fresh installs after I gave up on them.