Ubuntu - wireless connection works great but wired is totally dead
- by Dan
I am running Ubuntu 10.04 on my Acer Aspire One netbook.
The wireless connection works great, but the wired is totally dead.
When I plug the Ethernet wire, the little led next to the port doesn't blink.
If I do ifconfig, this is the output:
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:1659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1659 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:132304 (132.3 KB) TX bytes:132304 (132.3 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 18:f4:6a:65:48:1f
inet addr:192.168.1.7 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::1af4:6aff:fe65:481f/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:94823 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:81390 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:93028474 (93.0 MB) TX bytes:18002558 (18.0 MB)
There is no eth0. Is that normal?
In the "Network Connections" GUI there is an entry "Wired connection 1", its "MAC address" field is blank.
How can I make the wired connection work?