How to restore internet connectivity to U 16.04.5 desktop?
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All of a sudden, the desktop cannot access the internet either wired or wireless. It can see other machines on the local network, can read/write files on other devices, which can read/write files on the affected desktop. Other machines happily cruise c-space, but my desktop remains chained to the dock. I suspect a corrupt file, but can't fix it without internet access. Tried the repair option from the grub launcher without success. Don't like the option of reinstalling from a live CD. Am I missing something?
Output of command sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection I217-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 74:d4:35:12:3f:67
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.1.144 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:25 memory:f0400000-f041ffff memory:f043d000-f043dfff ioport:f080(size=32)
output of command ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
output of command ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.144/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 86230sec preferred_lft 86230sec
inet6 fd82:76e3:b254:0:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 7032sec preferred_lft 3432sec
inet6 2605:a000:110e:230c:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 604632sec preferred_lft 604632sec
inet6 fe80::76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
output of command ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.606 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.565 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.548 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 5998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.521/0.562/0.608/0.045 ms
output of command ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=120 time=22.9 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 9011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.250/23.126/24.826/0.679 ms
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All of a sudden, the desktop cannot access the internet either wired or wireless. It can see other machines on the local network, can read/write files on other devices, which can read/write files on the affected desktop. Other machines happily cruise c-space, but my desktop remains chained to the dock. I suspect a corrupt file, but can't fix it without internet access. Tried the repair option from the grub launcher without success. Don't like the option of reinstalling from a live CD. Am I missing something?
Output of command sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection I217-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 74:d4:35:12:3f:67
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.1.144 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:25 memory:f0400000-f041ffff memory:f043d000-f043dfff ioport:f080(size=32)
output of command ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
output of command ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.144/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 86230sec preferred_lft 86230sec
inet6 fd82:76e3:b254:0:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 7032sec preferred_lft 3432sec
inet6 2605:a000:110e:230c:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 604632sec preferred_lft 604632sec
inet6 fe80::76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
output of command ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.606 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.565 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.548 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 5998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.521/0.562/0.608/0.045 ms
output of command ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=120 time=22.9 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 9011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.250/23.126/24.826/0.679 ms
networking grub2 system-installation internet
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd nextip link
to display some network info,ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg.ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name)ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if soping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)
– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32
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All of a sudden, the desktop cannot access the internet either wired or wireless. It can see other machines on the local network, can read/write files on other devices, which can read/write files on the affected desktop. Other machines happily cruise c-space, but my desktop remains chained to the dock. I suspect a corrupt file, but can't fix it without internet access. Tried the repair option from the grub launcher without success. Don't like the option of reinstalling from a live CD. Am I missing something?
Output of command sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection I217-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 74:d4:35:12:3f:67
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.1.144 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:25 memory:f0400000-f041ffff memory:f043d000-f043dfff ioport:f080(size=32)
output of command ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
output of command ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.144/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 86230sec preferred_lft 86230sec
inet6 fd82:76e3:b254:0:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 7032sec preferred_lft 3432sec
inet6 2605:a000:110e:230c:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 604632sec preferred_lft 604632sec
inet6 fe80::76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
output of command ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.606 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.565 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.548 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 5998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.521/0.562/0.608/0.045 ms
output of command ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=120 time=22.9 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 9011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.250/23.126/24.826/0.679 ms
networking grub2 system-installation internet
All of a sudden, the desktop cannot access the internet either wired or wireless. It can see other machines on the local network, can read/write files on other devices, which can read/write files on the affected desktop. Other machines happily cruise c-space, but my desktop remains chained to the dock. I suspect a corrupt file, but can't fix it without internet access. Tried the repair option from the grub launcher without success. Don't like the option of reinstalling from a live CD. Am I missing something?
Output of command sudo lshw -C network
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: Ethernet Connection I217-V
vendor: Intel Corporation
physical id: 19
bus info: pci@0000:00:19.0
logical name: eth0
version: 05
serial: 74:d4:35:12:3f:67
size: 1Gbit/s
capacity: 1Gbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=e1000e driverversion=3.2.6-k duplex=full firmware=0.13-4 ip=192.168.1.144 latency=0 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=1Gbit/s
resources: irq:25 memory:f0400000-f041ffff memory:f043d000-f043dfff ioport:f080(size=32)
output of command ip link
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP mode DEFAULT group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
output of command ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP group default qlen 1000
link/ether 74:d4:35:12:3f:67 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.1.144/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic eth0
valid_lft 86230sec preferred_lft 86230sec
inet6 fd82:76e3:b254:0:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 7032sec preferred_lft 3432sec
inet6 2605:a000:110e:230c:76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope global noprefixroute dynamic
valid_lft 604632sec preferred_lft 604632sec
inet6 fe80::76d4:35ff:fe12:3f67/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
output of command ping 192.168.1.1
PING 192.168.1.1 (192.168.1.1) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.606 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.565 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.1.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.548 ms
^C
--- 192.168.1.1 ping statistics ---
7 packets transmitted, 7 received, 0% packet loss, time 5998ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.521/0.562/0.608/0.045 ms
output of command ping 8.8.8.8
PING 8.8.8.8 (8.8.8.8) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=1 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=2 ttl=120 time=24.8 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=3 ttl=120 time=23.3 ms
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_seq=4 ttl=120 time=22.9 ms
^C
--- 8.8.8.8 ping statistics ---
6 packets transmitted, 6 received, 0% packet loss, time 9011ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 22.250/23.126/24.826/0.679 ms
networking grub2 system-installation internet
networking grub2 system-installation internet
edited Nov 21 at 21:13
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Ted Saker
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd nextip link
to display some network info,ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg.ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name)ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if soping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)
– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd nextip link
to display some network info,ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg.ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name)ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if soping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)
– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (
sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd next ip link
to display some network info, ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg. ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name) ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if so ping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (
sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd next ip link
to display some network info, ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg. ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name) ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if so ping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (
scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (
scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32
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Welcome to Ask Ubuntu. If it were me I'd stick to basics (and I use commands, so it's where I'd look). Is your networking recognized by system (
sudo lshw -C network
) though I suspect this is fine. I'd nextip link
to display some network info,ip addr
to see if IP address has been obtained. If you already know your access point address, I'd ping it, eg.ping 10.10.30.1
(if that address was it), then I'd ping google-dns using address (and not name)ping 8.8.8.8
. It maybe these all work (networking is good), but DNS fails, if soping google.com
will fail when 8.8.8.8 works– guiverc
Nov 7 at 3:20
Thanks for the comment, guiverc. I tried your suggestions and everything looked OK except it's still not seeing the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 7 at 13:30
Were you able to ping your access point? Were you able to ping google via address (8.8.8.8)? If as you say everything looked OK then you are on the internet. I suspected those would work, but when you used a human-name instead of IP address (eg. the google.com) it could fail (as users rely on DNS to convert names to internet addresses) - but if that's okay as you say from comment, you have most likely a problem with your browser. Copying & pasting the responses you have would have provided me more detail, but I cannot help without detail (add info to your question please, not comments)
– guiverc
Nov 7 at 22:33
I took screen shots of the output from the commands. I'll try to upload them. Despite everything looking good, three different browsers cannot retrieve anything over the net.
– Ted Saker
Nov 8 at 12:16
Please don't upload photos of text, copy the text to a file, and copy (
scp
or walk) the file to a working machine & upload the text adding it to your question. Three browsers tells me nothing; it's best to start from the bottom (ie. (1) network connection, (2) can connect to access point, (3) can connect from ap to web, (4..) before you try testing DNS & protocols that use the connections previously tested. Browsers tell you one (or more) part isn't working but not which part. The order I've given tests one piece at a time (and test fails mean something IF prior passed)– guiverc
Nov 8 at 12:32