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alerbeham
Asked: 2011-09-07 02:26:04 +0800 CST

Cannot connect to network with laptop

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I can't connect to network via an ethernet cable, but the wireless connection works fine. This only happens on this laptop - the pc network cable connection is fine.

ifconfig

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr my mac address
          inet6 addr: my inet6 address Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:4 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:1296 (1.2 KB)  TX bytes:5733 (5.7 KB)
          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  Metric:1
          RX packets:1584 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1584 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:49690 (49.6 KB)  TX bytes:49690 (49.6 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr d0:df:9a:be:b7:0a  
          inet addr:46.237.123.248  Bcast:46.237.123.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2a02:6800:0:125:d2df:9aff:febe:b70a/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::d2df:9aff:febe:b70a/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:58300 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1857 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:5518132 (5.5 MB)  TX bytes:380517 (380.5 KB)
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    As far as I can see in your ifconfig output, your eth0 interface is working (transmitting and receiving) but can't get an IP from your ISP. Does your ISP allow multiple connections (and gives multiple IP)? You can try to disconnect the wi-fi interface and see if cable connects.

    UPDATE: you can try to put in /etc/network/interfaces:

    auto lo eth0 wlan0
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface wlan0 inet dhcp

    and restart networking with sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart (or reboot)

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