2009/2/19 Rowan <rowan.berke...@googlemail.com>: > hello again. I have consulted the manuals online, and it seems all > routes lead me back to the Network Connections panel, in which the only > connection I can see, when the Ethernet cable to the BT HomeHub is > plugged in, is 'Point to Point', and nothing happens when I click it. > When I tried to connect via a USB port, I saw a button for 'Wired > Connection' too, but nothing happened when I clicked that either. There > is also an 'unlock' button, but clicking that makes no difference.
The 'unlock' button will prompt you for a password and allow you to make changes. Is anything listed under the 'Wired' option? > 'Enable Networking' is ticked. This is certainly a vital check to make. > > I tried typing 'sudo ipconfig' in the terminal and got this: > > Link encap: Local Loopback > inet addr: 127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr:: 1/128 Scope: Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING > (and then some MTU, Metric, RX packets, TX packets, errors, bytes, etc.) > > In other words, no interfaces at all. You'll need to type 'sudo ipconfig -a' to show all interfaces, including ones not currently in use. Also, typing 'dmesg | grep eth0' as recommended by Nick to give us the make of your network card is a good idea too. I've forgotten the earlier part of the conversation, but has both the HomeHub and ethernet cable been used successfully with other computers in the past? -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
