[ubuntu-za] Cannot get WIRED connection to work every time

[Frans de waal]

I'm thinking dhcp issues... do the laptop maybe have a static ip addres...
and the desktop not?

Frans de Waal
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Wie plant en wie natgooi is nie belangrik nie. Die belangrike Een is God,
want dit is Hý wat laat groei.
1 Korintiërs 3:7
On Feb 11, 2014 1:18 PM, "Zabear" <zabear1 at gmail.com> wrote:

>  On 11/02/2014 10:16, Charl Wentzel wrote:
>
> On 11/02/2014 08:59, Piet UbuntuPos wrote:
>
> *  It picks up that there is a wired connection and tries to connect but
> does not really work - and then it suddenly works as it should - for no
> reason, but disconnects when I restart and then I cannot connect to the
> WIRED system, until it decides all on its own to start working again.
>
> Just reading through this, it sounds like a possible hardware problem.
> Have you tried a different:
> a. network cable
> b. a different network port
> c. (if possible) a different network card
>
> Charl
>
>
>  Regarding a) the network cable works fine on the laptop
> b) network port - not sure what you mean by this - if it refers to the
> Desktop - if it refers to the router, I will try it, but why will it work
> on the current port on the laptop?
> c) bought a new network card yesterday - still same problem though.
>
> I have not been able to work out how the CD with the network card works -
> perhaps I need to work that out - although I had been thinking that just
> installing the network card should just work in Ubuntu (without the CD
> adding anything).   Am I wrong in thinking this?
>
>
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