frankhovin
July 21st, 2019, 10:44 PM
I'm trying to install a new Ubuntu Server 18.04.2 LTS system, but already at the network connection I'm having problems.
My network router has a pretty standard, no extra security, DHCP server. Other clients connect to it regularly, by wlan and wired.
My computer is a Dell Optiplex 160 with a wired network card. It seems completely unable to connect to my LAN.
When I get to the Install Ubuntu part of the installation, after specifying language and keyboard, I make sure that the IPv4 setting is set to automatic/DHCP. But the listing of the network interface says "no address was supplied", and when I click on the "Don" link and try to continue, it fails after several minutes with a timeout configuring the network.
Just for fun, I tried creating a bond, with the one network card. Then I went to the network interface and set it back from "disabled" to "enabled". Then when I selected "Done", it finished and went through the rest of the installation. However, even though the system was issued an IP address as per the DHCP setup, it was unable even ping the gateway of the LAN, and no other clients on the land could ping it. So, that obviously didn't work.
So I went back and restarted it, but still got the timeout every time. Also, when attempting the "bond thing" again, this time it didn't work.
So, the installation part is completely unable to get an IP and configuration from the DHCP server. Where do I go from here? I'm about to try anyther Linux distro, but I really wanted Ubuntu.
My network router has a pretty standard, no extra security, DHCP server. Other clients connect to it regularly, by wlan and wired.
My computer is a Dell Optiplex 160 with a wired network card. It seems completely unable to connect to my LAN.
When I get to the Install Ubuntu part of the installation, after specifying language and keyboard, I make sure that the IPv4 setting is set to automatic/DHCP. But the listing of the network interface says "no address was supplied", and when I click on the "Don" link and try to continue, it fails after several minutes with a timeout configuring the network.
Just for fun, I tried creating a bond, with the one network card. Then I went to the network interface and set it back from "disabled" to "enabled". Then when I selected "Done", it finished and went through the rest of the installation. However, even though the system was issued an IP address as per the DHCP setup, it was unable even ping the gateway of the LAN, and no other clients on the land could ping it. So, that obviously didn't work.
So I went back and restarted it, but still got the timeout every time. Also, when attempting the "bond thing" again, this time it didn't work.
So, the installation part is completely unable to get an IP and configuration from the DHCP server. Where do I go from here? I'm about to try anyther Linux distro, but I really wanted Ubuntu.