[ubuntu-za] help - connectivity after installing ubuntu server 16.04
Timothy Spring
lordfoom at gmail.com
Mon Jun 13 14:09:22 UTC 2016
ok, that did it! So I had to add the wlp2s0 to the interfaces file,
with the wpa-ssid and wpa-psk, and reboot. And now I'm apting away.
Thanks a lot @anton, @wayne, et al. Appreciated.
On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Wayne Abroue <plettpc at gmail.com> wrote:
> I would add
>
> auto wlp2s0
> iface wlp2s0 inet dhcp
>
> wpa-ssid <your_router>
> wpa-psk <your_wpa_key>
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:45 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Ok, then do this
>>
>> sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
>>
>> auto wlp2s0
>> iface wlp2s0 inet static
>> address <ip address>
>> netmask <netmask>
>> gateway <gateway address>
>> dns-nameserver 8.8.8.8 8.8.4.4
>>
>> Save and close the file. Restart networking
>>
>> sudo service networking restart
>>
>> On 13 June 2016 at 15:37, Timothy Spring <lordfoom at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think I may have confused the issue here, let me try again :)
>>>
>>> I'm afraid it didn't get an IP address - I set the IP via the
>>> suggested ifconfig command, which set the ip, but produced that weird
>>> SIOCSIFADDR error, and still no connectivity.
>>>
>>> To test this, I rebooted: ifconfig only shows the "lo" interface,
>>> needing "-a" to show the wlp2s0, which has no IP address assigned to
>>> it post reboot.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 13, 2016 at 3:28 PM, Anton May <antonmay at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> > 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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>>> >> >> >> >> > Anton May
>>> >> >> >> >> >
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