Hi Russell, I couldnt find Network Manage. I found System -> Preferences -> Network Connections and System -> Preference -> Network Proxy and System -> Administration -> Network Tools. Within those dialog boxes, I did not figure out how to disconnect and reconnect my interface. I have physically unplugged and replugged my ethernet cable.
I almost 100 % positive that I'm using ethernet and not wireless, because up until 2 hours ago my cable modem was hooked up directly to my computer vie ethernet, with no router in between. Since "they" say it is prudent to use a router, that's what I'm trying to do. Eventually, I want to go wireless. My router does wireless, but initially, I hooking up via ethernet. I thing there is some trick to my router that I'm not getting, i.e. I'm possibly not resetting it to factory defaults, and thus able to use the user name admin and password admin. I hope I don't have to do dhcp manually. For me, that's headed into deep waters. My ubuntu is 10.04 On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Russell Senior <russ...@personaltelco.net> wrote: > They are talking about DHCP. You can refresh your lease in Network > Manager by "disconnecting" and then reconnecting your ethernet > interface via the panel widget or by unplugging/replugging your > ethernet cable. You are using ethernet, and not wireless? Sometimes > configuration is disabled over wireless for security reasons. > > If you are forced to do the dhcp manually, you can try this: > > $ sudo stop network-manger > $ sudo dhclient eth0 > > you should see some DHCP messages, then confirm you can ping the > thing: > > $ ping 192.168.1.1 > > do you dirty admin interface business with the browser, then turn on > network-manager again when you are done: > > $ sudo start network-manager > > (this assumes a recent ubuntu) > > > -- > Russell Senior, President > russ...@personaltelco.net > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
