[ubuntu-za] help - connectivity after installing ubuntu server 16.04
Anton May
antonmay at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 13:28:43 UTC 2016
Ok ignore to set the IP as it did get an IP address.
Can you the ping the wireless card IP?
On 13 June 2016 at 15:20, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
> The ip address was set after I ran the 'sudo ifconfig wlp2s0
> 192.168.10.50 255.255.255.0 up', which I ran a few times with
> different ips, each time it set the IP, but I got the SIOCSIFADDR
> invalid argument exception. Still can't ping anything though: 8.8.8.8
> gives network unreachable, any other internal address gives me
> "destination host unreachable".
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:13 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Ok, so you do have an IP address, can you ping the router, or anything
> else
> > on the LAN side?
> >
> > On 13 June 2016 at 15:11, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> 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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> >> >> >> >
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> >> >> >> > Anton May
> >> >> >> >
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Anton May
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