Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity [SOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged and

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity [SOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Michael Rasmussen
On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 06:34:35AM -0800, Rich Shepard wrote: On Sat, 1 Dec 2012, Rich Shepard wrote: I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity [SOLVED]

2012-12-22 Thread Rich Shepard
On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Michael Rasmussen wrote: And how did you test? What could some future reader discover to do by reading this? By connecting to the FreeGeek web site via radio and cable. Guess I assumed a future reader would have recognized that. Rich

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity - Simple Method

2012-12-05 Thread Jeff Kirsher
On 12/04/2012 02:02 PM, Mike C. wrote: Reading through the threads I realized this has become somewhat of a convoluted topic. I wanted to figure out a sure-fire, quick and simple approach not only for Rich but for myself and others that could be followed and would help folks determine where

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity - Simple Method

2012-12-05 Thread Larry Brigman
On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 2:02 PM, Mike C. mconno...@gmail.com wrote: Reading through the threads I realized this has become somewhat of a convoluted topic. I wanted to figure out a sure-fire, quick and simple approach not only for Rich but for myself and others that could be followed and would

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity - Simple Method

2012-12-05 Thread Mike C.
*[1.382194] e1000e: Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - 1.5.1-k* (Really off-topic) but you are running a old version of e1000e, the latest is version 2.1.4 :-) Ha! Good to know. It's the driver that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS packages. root@mannix:/home/mike# ethtool -t eth0 offline The

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-04 Thread Mike C.
Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier. along with ifconfig, you can use ethtool for NIC hardware diagnostics. I've used ethtool in the past for getting wireless card and drive info but I'd never used it for NIC self-test purposes. I tried it and I have to admit I'm not entirely

[PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity - Simple Method

2012-12-04 Thread Mike C.
Reading through the threads I realized this has become somewhat of a convoluted topic. I wanted to figure out a sure-fire, quick and simple approach not only for Rich but for myself and others that could be followed and would help folks determine where the problem might be. So here's the method,

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity - Simple Method

2012-12-04 Thread Mike C.
Reading through the threads I realized this has become somewhat of a convoluted topic. I wanted to figure out a sure-fire, quick and simple approach not only for Rich but for myself and others that could be followed and would help folks determine where the problem might be. So here's the

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-03 Thread Benjamin Kerensa
Ctrl Alt + T and yes you will need either dhcp or to assign and static IP and setup routing otherwise the host won't know how to connect which is nothing to do with Ubuntu but has everything to do with the Network Stack. On Dec 1, 2012 9:32 AM, Rich Shepard rshep...@appl-ecosys.com wrote: I

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-03 Thread Mike C.
Ctrl Alt + T and yes you will need either dhcp or to assign and static IP and setup routing otherwise the host won't know how to connect which is nothing to do with Ubuntu but has everything to do with the Network Stack. You only need to setup routing if you're trying to communicate to a

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-03 Thread Ronald Chmara
Two hosts on the same ip network don't use any routing protocols. A default gateway is not needed either. pedant Two hosts on the same network *segment* (physical, and logical) often don't need routing or gateways. You can. however, have a large network (or even a small one) that requires a

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-03 Thread King Beowulf
On 12/01/2012 09:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged

[PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-01 Thread Rich Shepard
I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged and shipped and would like assistance from a

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-01 Thread Bruce Kilpatrick
On 12/01/2012 09:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged

Re: [PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

2012-12-01 Thread King Beowulf
On 12/01/2012 09:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote: I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged