[ubuntu-uk] Strange connection problem to Router

2010-10-18 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
I have a netgear wireless router which at the moment I am not able to use for wireless so I’m using a patch cable to the ethernet port. My Windows 7 laptop just err connects to the router and I can plug in and unplug at will, BUT, when I plug the cable into my Netbook running 10.04 it fails to

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange connection problem to Router

2010-10-18 Thread Steve Fisher
On a bus on my phone. Check the contents of a file I think it is: /var/lib/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.state Should have 3 or 4 lines ending in the word true. If not edit, change and reboot. Usual cause of this is a failed suspend. Will confirm file name when I get home Sent from my

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange connection problem to Router

2010-10-18 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On Mon, 2010-10-18 at 16:17 +0100, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: Have to wait for the second (private) broadband to be activated on our other phone line. Seems odd that the Windows machine was able to automatically detect a static IP address No, it can't automatically detect a static IP. It

Re: [ubuntu-uk] Strange connection problem to Router

2010-10-18 Thread John Stevenson
n 18 October 2010 16:17, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.com wrote: On 18/10/2010 16:00, John Stevenson wrote: On 18 October 2010 15:25, Gordon Burgess-Parker gbpli...@gmail.comwrote: I have a netgear wireless router which at the moment I am not able to use for wireless so I’m using