[mdlug] My desktop won't connect to the Interne

[Carl T. Miller]

Also, check if you can ping other addresses on your
network.  If you can, try pinging 8.8.8.8.  If that
works, check to see if you have a proxy configured
either for your network interface or for your browser.

c


Raymond Ingles wrote:
> Check this page, the static IP info. It should apply to any Ubuntu-based
> distro.
>
> https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/network-configuration.html
>
> Check if there are settings in /etc/network/interfaces.
>
> On Jan 30, 2018 11:31 AM, "Robert James Fulner" <fulner at alumni.nmu.edu>
> wrote:
>
>> I recently moved. After doing so my desktop won't connect to the
>> internet. All of the wi-fi devices in my home work fine. I plugged my
>> laptop directly into the UVerse Modem/Router and it connected fine.
>>
>> According to ifconfig if have a valid ip address, and I can ping the
>> router.
>>
>> My IP address is the same one I alwasy had at the old house.
>> 192.168.1.105. The other devices in my home that I can easily access
>> the IP address of are on the same subnet, but seem to be the other end
>> (192.168.1.253, etc.)
>>
>> I'm trying to remember if I ever set a static IP at the old house (I
>> might have) and maybe that's why I can't actually get out now, its not
>> actually renewing the DHCP? I'm not really sure where else to look.
>> Usually simply resetting stuff fixes network issues. I turn the eht0
>> off and back on, immeditatley same IP address.
>>
>> What is next step?
>>
>> FYI, I'm running Trisquel GNU/Linux 7. (Ubuntu based distro) My kid
>> has ruined every CD drive I have because she likes playing with the
>> "cup holder"
>>
>> --
>> Jim Fulner
>> National platform representative, Libertarian Party of Michigan
>> 22100 Armada Ridge Rd.,
>> Armada, MI 48005
>>
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