On 14 December 2010 16:20, Gordon Burgess-Parker <gbpli...@gmail.com> 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 -- John Stevenson Lean Agile Consultant / Coach jr0cket.com | leanagilemachine.com
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