Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

On 14/12/2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
> The scenario.
> We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone 
> lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my 
> wife works for.
> The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited 
> traffic, the BT is capped at 10GB per month.
> I have two computers - a Windows 7 laptop and a 10.04 Ubuntu Netbook.
> The odd thing is this - if I connect to the company router using a 
> cable with the Windows 7 machine, it connects normally and normal 
> internet operations can be done. The NIC is set to DHCP both for ipv4 
> and ipv6.
> If however I connect the Netbook via the same cable to the same router 
> using the "Automatic" (DHCP) settings both for ipv4 and ipv6 on eth0 
> there is NO internet access AT ALL! I've tried entering the manual IP 
> data but still NO ACCESS at all!
> Why should this be and what do people suggest I do to get it to work? 
> (I can't access the router at all)

Thanks to you both - it's VERY weird but it's just connected OK with the 
original settings.
Strange!

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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

[Mark]

On Tue, 14 Dec 2010 16:32:33 -, Gordon Burgess-Parker  
 wrote:

> On 14/12/2010 16:26, John Stevenson wrote:
>> On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker > > wrote:
>>
>> The scenario.
>> We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone
>> lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company
>> my wife
>> works for.
>> The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited
>> traffic, the BT is capped at 10GB per month.
>> I have two computers - a Windows 7 laptop and a 10.04 Ubuntu  
>> Netbook.
>> The odd thing is this - if I connect to the company router using a
>> cable
>> with the Windows 7 machine, it connects normally and normal internet
>> operations can be done. The NIC is set to DHCP both for ipv4 and  
>> ipv6.
>> If however I connect the Netbook via the same cable to the same  
>> router
>> using the "Automatic" (DHCP) settings both for ipv4 and ipv6 on eth0
>> there is NO internet access AT ALL! I've tried entering the manual  
>> IP
>> data but still NO ACCESS at all!
>> Why should this be and what do people suggest I do to get it to
>> work? (I
>> can't access the router at all)
>>
>>
>> Hello Gordon,
>> I suggest trying without IPV6 enabled, if you have not already done
>> so.  Using the network manager you should be able to set IPV6 to
>> ignore.  Then do a complete restart.
>>
>> I dont know if this wil fix your problem, but it is the first thing I
>> would try.
>>
>>
>
> Hi John,
> It was set to "ignore" initially and that wouldn't connect either, so
> when I saw that the NIC on the Windows machine was set to DHCP for ipv6,
> I changed it, with still no effect!
>

Set the netbook mac address to the same as the windows 7 mac address.
The router maybe setup to only allow connection from one mac address.
Mark
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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

[Gordon Burgess-Parker]

On 14/12/2010 16:26, John Stevenson wrote:
On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker > wrote:


The scenario.
We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone
lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company
my wife
works for.
The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited
traffic, the BT is capped at 10GB per month.
I have two computers - a Windows 7 laptop and a 10.04 Ubuntu Netbook.
The odd thing is this - if I connect to the company router using a
cable
with the Windows 7 machine, it connects normally and normal internet
operations can be done. The NIC is set to DHCP both for ipv4 and ipv6.
If however I connect the Netbook via the same cable to the same router
using the "Automatic" (DHCP) settings both for ipv4 and ipv6 on eth0
there is NO internet access AT ALL! I've tried entering the manual IP
data but still NO ACCESS at all!
Why should this be and what do people suggest I do to get it to
work? (I
can't access the router at all)


Hello Gordon,
I suggest trying without IPV6 enabled, if you have not already done 
so.  Using the network manager you should be able to set IPV6 to 
ignore.  Then do a complete restart.


I dont know if this wil fix your problem, but it is the first thing I 
would try.





Hi John,
It was set to "ignore" initially and that wouldn't connect either, so 
when I saw that the NIC on the Windows machine was set to DHCP for ipv6, 
I changed it, with still no effect!


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Re: [ubuntu-uk] Very odd router connection problem

[John Stevenson]

On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker  wrote:

> The scenario.
> We have two broadband suppliers to our house - on two separate phone
> lines, BT, the home supplier and another supplied by the company my wife
> works for.
> The router supplied by the company my wife works for is unlimited
> traffic, the BT is capped at 10GB per month.
> I have two computers - a Windows 7 laptop and a 10.04 Ubuntu Netbook.
> The odd thing is this - if I connect to the company router using a cable
> with the Windows 7 machine, it connects normally and normal internet
> operations can be done. The NIC is set to DHCP both for ipv4 and ipv6.
> If however I connect the Netbook via the same cable to the same router
> using the "Automatic" (DHCP) settings both for ipv4 and ipv6 on eth0
> there is NO internet access AT ALL! I've tried entering the manual IP
> data but still NO ACCESS at all!
> Why should this be and what do people suggest I do to get it to work? (I
> can't access the router at all)
>

Hello Gordon,
I suggest trying without IPV6 enabled, if you have not already done so.
Using the network manager you should be able to set IPV6 to ignore.  Then do
a complete restart.

I dont know if this wil fix your problem, but it is the first thing I would
try.

Thank you
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