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    Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    I just installed xubuntu (8.04) onto an old Sony vaio laptop and am a complete Linux newbie. After playing around, it seems to be running well, except it is not detecting my wired Ethernet connection correctly.

    When I plug in the wire the connection icon spins for a few seconds and if I put cursor over it, it reads: “requesting a network address from the wire network.” Eventually it stops and shows two computers connected.

    If I click on the icon it says “connect to 802.1x protected wired network”

    If I click on it, it gives a dialogue box asking for network name, EAP method, Phase 2 type, etc, etc.

    ***What is 802.1x protected wired network? Any other computer (and this one, when I was running another OS) connected automatically as soon as I plugged in.

    If I right click on the connection icon, it says Active Connection Information
    Interface : Ethernet (eth1)
    Speed: 100mb/s
    Driver: e100
    All the other entries (IP, Broadcast address, etc) are 0.0.0.0

    Long story short, firefox, updates, anything requiring the intenet seems to fail.
    I’m completely new to linux, so please be gentle in any answers. Thanks so much!

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    Re: Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    bump...
    -Sorry, I made the mistake of posting in the middle of the night. I don't know if this is allowed (I looked at the forum etiquette page). thanks!

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    Re: Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    Really don't have an idea, but found three old threads, this one at least looks like it is promising.

    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958021

    others
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=895276
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=833404


    Hopefully something there helps.


    Also this old bug report
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/208646
    Last edited by bkratz; February 16th, 2010 at 06:54 PM.

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    Re: Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    Thanks-- I had looked around but didn't see the first one:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958021

    It looks promising and I'll give it a try later on.

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    Re: Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    Tried one of the suggestions offered
    ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=958021 )

    typed sudo dhclient eth1 (as per instructions)

    The following scrolled:
    Listening on LPF/eth1/08:00:46:06:e8:6c
    sending on " "
    sending on socket/fallback
    DHCPDISCOVER on eth1 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3
    "" interval 8 and 8 and 11 and 1
    No DHCPOFFERS received
    No working leases in persistent database-sleeping

    other suggestions? -Thanks

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    Re: Ethernet Problem -802.1x protected wired network

    also tried the other suggestion that bkratz offered
    ( http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=813076 )

    Again no luck. The other posts don't seem to have answers. Other suggestions? Thanks.

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