Try a live Ubuntu 11.04? Might it have just bit the dust recently?
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-Eric 'shubes'
On 09/22/2011 06:43 PM, James Dugger wrote:
> Phil,
>
> Yeah, I tried Firefox. it can't find google or any other outside URL.
> Going back through the screen response when bringing the networking
> back up it references the line -- Active connection path:
> /org/freedesktop/NetwokManager/ActiveConnection/2 state: activated --
>
> I tried to find this directory and can't get there as root as well.
> Don't know if it exists.
>
> I have just ran Ubuntu 11.04 on this system just yesterday without a
> networking problem. I have also run Fedora 15 on it was well -- no
> problems .. with network card. I loaded the live CD for Open SUSE 11.4
> and noticed in running the live CD it also did not give me access to the
> network. I wonder if there is a security setting or firewall setting
> that is effecting connection. All other computers have access to the
> router gateway and the internet.
>
> ???
>
> On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Phillip Waclawski <waclawski@mesacc.edu
> <mailto:waclawski@mesacc.edu>> wrote:
>
> bizarre. Looking through that, it would appear you DO have an
> internet connection. Have you tried firefox etc? My only guess is
> that your access point is blocking something as what you've shown me
> seems to indicate all good.
> Phil W.
>
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> *From: *"James Dugger" <james.dugger@gmail.com
> <mailto:james.dugger@gmail.com>>
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> *Sent: *Thursday, September 22, 2011 5:57:04 PM
> *Subject: *Problem with CentOS 6 configuring network
>
>
> I have tried to install CentOS 6 on an older system. When I get to
> the prompt screen for the hostname of the computer there is a
> configure network button at the bottom of the screen which is non
> selectable. After filling in the hostname for the machine the
> configure network button is still unelectable. Without being able
> to select the button I continued and completed the installation of
> the CentOS 6 on the system, but when done with installation I have
> no internet connection.
>
> I see the network connection icon in the upper right hand corner of
> the status bar in Gnome, and when I right click edit connections, I
> see Auto eth0 in the connections screen last used is never. When I
> highlight it and click edit I can see a MAC address listed. in IPv4
> and in IPv6 method is set to Automatic (DHCP). Connect
> Automatically box is checked and it is available to all users.
> Still no internet connection
>
> ifconfig gives the following info:
>
> eth0
>
> Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr: 00:13:20:BF:DA:56
> inet addr:192.168.0.103 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> inet6 addr: fe88::213:20ff:febf:da56/64 Scope:Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:721 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:) carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
> RX bytes:59817 (58.4 KiB) TX bytes:21873 (21.3 KiB)
> Interrupt:16
>
> lo
>
> Link encap:Local Loopback
> inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask 255.0.0.0
> inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
> UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Mertric:1
> RX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
> TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
> RX bytes:720 (720.0 b) TX bytes:720 (720.0 b)
>
> ------------
>
> resolve.conf has the following:
>
> # Generated by NetworkManager
> nameserver 192.168.0.1
>
> (the IP address listed in resolve.conf is my router's gateway address)
>
> There was no ifcfg-eth0 file created in
> /etc/sysconfig/netwroking/devices so I created one and put the
> following in it:
>
> DEVICE=eth0
> BOOTPROTO=none
> HWADDR=00:13:20:BF:DA:56
> ONBOOT=yes
> TYPE=Ethernet
> USERCTL=no
> IPV6INIT=no
> PEERDNS=yes
> NETMASK=255.2555.255.0
> IPADDR=192.168.0.10
> GATEWAY=192.168.0.1
>
> --------
>
> after this I have brought eth0 down and back up using if down eth0
> and ifup eth0
>
> I get an OK on the following:
>
> Shutting down loopback interface:
> Bringing up loopback interface:
> Bringing up interface Auto_eth0: Active connection state: activating
> Active connection path:
> /org/freedesktop/NetwokManager/ActiveConnection/2 state: activated
> Connection activated
>
> Still no internet connection. Please help, Thanks
>
> --
> James
>
>
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