[ubuntu-za] help - connectivity after installing ubuntu server 16.04

[Timothy Spring]

little difficult to copy from that machine as I don't have network
connectivity, so here's my best shot at retyping it:

Running just ifconfig I get:

lo link encap: Local loopback
    inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
    inet 6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
    UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1
    RX Packets:37417 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
    TX packets:37417 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
    collisions:0 txqueuelen:1
    RX bytes: 2281513 (2.2 MB) TX Bytes: 2281513 (2.2MB)

wlp2s0 link encap: Ethernet HWaddr: 4c:80:93:10:f9:6e
           inet addr: 192.168.10.26 Bcast:192.168.10.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
           UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
           RX Packets:0 errors: 0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
           TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
           collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         RX bytes: 0 (0.0B) TX Bytes: 0 (0.0B)

On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:03 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
> What is the output of ifconfig?
>
> On 13 June 2016 at 14:49, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Tried the driver download, my lack of knowledge quickly became
>> apparent. I did notice there are a bunch of iwlwifi files in the
>> /lib/firmware directory
>>
>> More googling led me to to lsmod, and it claims the iwlwifi driver is
>> loaded.
>>
>> Ran
>> sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 192.168.10.50 255.255.255.0 up
>>
>> but got: SIOCSIFADDR Invalid argument
>>
>> When I run ifconfig -a, though, I see it's assigned that IP to the network
>> card.
>>
>> Not sure I should be trying to assign IPs independently of the dhcp
>> server - during install it definitely managed to communicate with the
>> dhcp server, if the onscreen messages were to be believed.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:31 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Ok what is your network details? Assign it an IP address, because then
>> > by
>> > the looks of it, it's not getting an IP from the DHCP server, command is
>> >
>> > sudo ifconfig wlp2s0 <ip address> netmask <mask address> up
>> >
>> > On 13 June 2016 at 14:26, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Hey there,
>> >>
>> >> @anton - when I run ifconfig -a I can see the card listed as wlp2s0
>> >>
>> >> @neil rfkill isn't installed and I need internet  connectivity to get
>> >>
>> >> It's an intel centrino wireless-n 1030 (rainbow peak). I can't
>> >> understand why it connected during the install from USB, but now I
>> >> can't connect at all?
>> >>
>> >> I'm getting the driver from
>> >> https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/users/drivers/iwlwifi - will
>> >> attempt to manually install now....
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 2:06 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > What card is it? There should be drivers for it.
>> >> >
>> >> > On 13 June 2016 at 14:03, Greg Eames <greg at gandcnet.com> wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hi Anton
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I would think that the server does not have the wireless drivers for
>> >> >> the
>> >> >> card or they are not enabled.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Not sure of the best place to get them. Maybe linuxwireless.com, I
>> >> >> think.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Kind regards
>> >> >> Greg Eames.
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> On Mon, 13 Jun 2016, 13:25 Neil Oosthuizen <nlsthzn at gmail.com>
>> >> >> wrote:
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>>> The wireless card is  there but DISABLED - Intel Centrino
>> >> >>>>> Wireless-N
>> >> >>>>> 1030 (Rainbow Peak)
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi,
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Try - "rfkill unblock all" in terminal and see if that helps.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Neil
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