problem with ethernet connection in lenovo G580 with Qualcomm Atheros AR8162

[som]

> On Friday, 18 July 2014 2:52 AM, Tom H <tomh0665 at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 12:43 PM, som <drsoumalya-distro at yahoo.co.in> 
> wrote:
>> 
>>  any idea about this friends?
> 
> wlan0 is up and has an ip address.
> 

that is because i was writing the commands and pasting the output to the mail simultaneously. i needed to connect to the internet. but nm did not show the ethernet connection.

nm-tool:

NetworkManager Tool

State: connected (global)

- Device: ttyUSB1 --------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Mobile Broadband (GSM)
  Driver:            cdc_ncm, option1
  State:             disconnected
  Default:           no

  Capabilities:


- Device: wlan0  [som] --------------------------------------------------
  Type:              802.11 WiFi
  Driver:            brcmsmac
  State:             connected
  Default:           yes
  HW Address:        68:94:23:FA:9A:CF

  Capabilities:
    Speed:           54 Mb/s

  Wireless Properties
    WEP Encryption:  yes
    WPA Encryption:  yes
    WPA2 Encryption: yes

  Wireless Access Points (* = current AP)
    dlink:           Infra, B0:C5:54:83:80:9E, Freq 2457 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 47 WPA WPA2
    GUEST:           Infra, 64:66:B3:D1:81:1E, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 30 WPA2
    *som:            Infra, 24:DB:AC:90:DB:D0, Freq 2437 MHz, Rate 54 Mb/s, Strength 83 WPA WPA2

  IPv4 Settings:
    Address:         192.168.1.100
    Prefix:          24 (255.255.255.0)
    Gateway:         192.168.1.1

    DNS:             192.168.1.1


- Device: eth0 -----------------------------------------------------------------
  Type:              Wired
  Driver:            alx
  State:             unavailable
  Default:           no
  HW Address:        20:89:84:3F:36:3F

  Capabilities:
    Carrier Detect:  yes

  Wired Properties
    Carrier:         off




regards,

som