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Tried again with Wireless adapter turned off at laptop. No luck. I have been disconnecting the wireless when trying to connect beforehand. From now on I'll turn off properly but it seems to have made...

Still no luck :( Tried everything but the live CD as I don't have it atm. Haven't reinstalled drivers either. Should we try a different/earlier one perhaps?


ifconfig -a
eth0 Link...

Finally got around to trying these methods out. Nothing worked :(
Tried with a different cable still with same results. IPV6 is set to ignore. Firewall is set to inactive. And there is a steady...

sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.80
matt@matt:~$ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet addr:192.168.0.80 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
...

Still no success. Tried all of the above methods all resulting in the network trying to connect for a minute than getting a popup saying Wired Network Disconnected. ifconfig was the same as last time...

Cool. I'll check these approaches tomorrow when I get a chance and I'll post back when I'm done.

Thanks for all your help :)

No luck with reboot.


ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet6 addr: fe80::200:ff:fe00:0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST ...

lspci -nnk | grep -iA2 net
02:00.0 Network controller [0280]: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 5100 AGN [Shiloh] Network Connection [8086:4237]
Subsystem: Intel Corporation WiFi Link 5100 AGN...

Hey thanks for your help. I'm glad I at least know what the problem is now. But unfortunately neither method worked for me. I first tried the autorun method and then your instructions. The only one...

No ideas?

Hey Guys,

I've been having this weird problem for a few days now. My Laptop which I have recently installed Ubuntu 12.04 on is unable to connect to a wired network. Wireless is working perfect...