Network Issues - please post here.

[Admin-Amir]

Hello alexm0428.

The option to auto connect is there.
just open the edit your connections=>go to the DSL>click on the name in the box - then EDIT=>mark bout boxes.
1- auto connect.
2-down left Available to all users.

[alexm0428]

Solved.

Hi. It was the "Available to all users" option. Now it works as I wanted to.

Thanks.

[Dutch88]

Hello....I'm a newcomer to Ultimate Edition....(Love it by the way!). I downloaded 2.7 and installed on one of my pc's with no problem. The other PC was loaded with 2.7 but eth0 didn't show up...the network card driver is there but it doesn't see my network for some reason. Here is the kicker, if I boot from the same install DVD to Ultimate Edition 2.7...everything works! Hmmm....it doesn't work when it's installed but it does work when running LIVE. I am not a guru and this is probably an easy fix. BTW...I'm using an XBOX MN-740 wireless internet connection. This has an ethernet port that networks the PC. Also, if I install MINT 9 the network works. Any help would be great!

Thanks and keep up the GREAT WORK!
Flyin' Dutchman


EDIT: please try to log in to your modem i Think:
http://192.168.0.1

And configure your network for the wired+wireless connection.

[agroyee]

Sir,

I am a big fan of ultimate edition. First of all i would like to thank all those who are involved in the development of this Edition.

I have installed 2.7 version. It is great. But i am feeling a small problem, hope u would solve.

I have installed the same on compaq presario laptop cq60. It istalled properly and working fine....

But i am not able to connect to internet with my huawei cdma mobile....

the network wizard given on taskbar dont recognise my huawei cdma mobile.,

I can dial it through KPPP successfuly. but from there, system dont recognise it and I can not open any site or any other internet related item.


plzzz help. thanks in advance .....

[2hot6ft2]

It may be that the driver is on the livedvd but didn't install with the install. Check
System > Administration > Hardware Drivers
to see if one is available, and if all else fails you might want to
Open a terminal
Applications > Accessories > Terminal
and run

Code: Select all

lspci -nn

That's LSPCI -NN in lower case, and post the results so we can see what adapter you have.

[2hot6ft2]

Sir,

I am a big fan of ultimate edition. First of all i would like to thank all those who are involved in the development of this Edition.

I have installed 2.7 version. It is great. But i am feeling a small problem, hope u would solve.

I have installed the same on compaq presario laptop cq60. It istalled properly and working fine....

But i am not able to connect to internet with my huawei cdma mobile....

the network wizard given on taskbar dont recognise my huawei cdma mobile.,

I can dial it through KPPP successfuly. but from there, system dont recognise it and I can not open any site or any other internet related item.

plzzz help. thanks in advance .....

Welcome to the forum agroyee,

Please check your other thread on this topic as I have posted some info there that may help
internet problem through huawei cdma mobile

Also I have removed the duplicate post of the above post. I take it you had a connection problem that caused it.

[monkeymeat]

Hey guys, first of all, i just want to let you know how much i like Ultimate Edition and that im trying hard to learn how to use it. so thanks up front. I recently upgraded from 2.5. i did a fresh install and had to manually install drivers for my broadcom wireless nic i got that from the ubuntu forum, it worked, kind of. it says my connection is connected at 53 percent most of the time. In 2.5 it was 100 percent. Also i can rarely see my media server connections either. I installed samba and i was able to get them for a day or so, then they disappeared. Another issue i have is that i have a second hard drive installed and it often denies me write access to it. I haven done anything special to it, so what did i do?

[Admin-Amir]

Hello monkeymeat

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[Atriya]

I just installed Ultimate Edition 2.7 x64 on a Dell Inspiron 1520 laptop with a Broadcom (wired) network adapter. Although internet works fine from the LiveDVD, the installed system cannot connect to the internet. Running 'ifconfig -a' showed no entry at all for eth0 - there were only 'lo' and 'wlan0' entries. Other people seem to have had this problem too, but I couldn't find a solution on these forums. Does a solution exist? I cannot use wireless... and so I can't use Ultimate Edition unless my wired internet works.

[Admin-Amir]

Hello Atriya and welcome to the U.E Forum.

Look in the post from the 2.6 of yours, i have post you Link to download the Driver from there.
Here is what the info from the file for you.

Installation Notes

Broadcom b44 Linux Driver

Version 1.00g

06/07/2006



Broadcom Corporation

16215 Alton Parkway,

Irvine, CA 92619-7013



Copyright (c) 2006 Broadcom Corporation

All rights reserved





Table of Contents

=================



Introduction

Limitations

Packaging

Installing Source RPM Package

Building Driver From TAR File

Driver Settings

Driver Defaults

Unloading and Removing Driver

Driver Messages





Introduction

============



This file describes the b44 Linux driver for the Broadcom 440x

10/100 Mbps PCI Network Controllers.

The latest driver is in the latest 2.6 Linux kernel. It can also be

downloaded from http://www.broadcom.com as a source package, but is

generally not necessary to do so if you are using the latest 2.6

upstream kernel from http://www.kernel.org or one of the latest

vendor kernels from Red Hat, SuSE, or others.



The b44 driver from this Broadcom package is almost identical to the

b44 driver in the latest 2.6 upstream Linux kernel. It includes some

additional kernel compatible code to allow it to compile on older 2.6

and some 2.4 kernels. The version number is also similar but generally

has a one letter suffix at the end, (e.g. 1.00a) to distinguish it from

the in-kernel b44 driver.



The next few sections on packaging, compiling, and installation apply

to the Broadcom driver package only.





Limitations

===========



The current version of the driver has been tested on 2.4.x kernels starting

from 2.4.24 and all 2.6.x kernels. The driver may not compile on kernels

older than 2.4.24. Testing is concentrated on i386 and x86_64 architectures.

Only limited testing has been done on some other architectures such as

powerpc and sparc64.



Minor changes to some source files and Makefile may be needed on some

kernels.





Packaging

=========



To replace an older previously installed or in-kernel b44 driver, follow

the instructions below.



The driver package from http://www.broadcom.com is released in two packaging

formats: source RPM and compressed tar formats. The file names for the two

packages are b44-<version>.src.rpm and b44-<version>.tar.gz.

Identical source files to build the driver are included in both packages.





Installing Source RPM Package

=============================



The following are general guidelines for installing the driver.



1. Install the source RPM package:



rpm -ivh b44-<version>.src.rpm



2. CD to the RPM path and build the binary driver for your kernel:



cd /usr/src/{redhat,OpenLinux,turbo,packages,rpm ..}



rpm -bb SPECS/b44.spec



or



rpmbuild -bb SPECS/b44.spec (for RPM version 4.x.x)



Note that the RPM path is different for different Linux distributions.



3. Install the newly built package (driver and man page):



rpm -ivh RPMS/<arch>/b44-<version>.<arch>.rpm



<arch> is the architecture of the machine, e.g. i386:



rpm -ivh RPMS/i386/b44-<version>.i386.rpm



Note that the --force option may be needed on some Linux distributions

if conflicts are reported.



The driver will be installed in the following path:



2.4.x kernels:



/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/b44.o



2.6.x kernels:



/lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/b44.ko



4. Load the driver:



insmod b44.o

or

insmod b44.ko (on 2.6.x kernels)

or

modprobe b44



5. To configure network protocol and address, refer to various Linux

documentations.





Building Driver From TAR File

=============================



The following are general guidelines for installing the driver.



1. Create a directory and extract the files:



tar xvzf b44-<version>.tar.gz



2. Build the driver b44.o (or b44.ko) as a loadable module for the

running kernel:



cd src

make



3. Test the driver by loading it:



insmod b44.o

or

insmod b44.ko (on 2.6.x kernels)

or

insmod b44



4. Install the driver:



make install



See RPM instructions above for the location of the installed driver.



5. To configure network protocol and address, refer to various Linux

documentations.





Driver Settings

===============



This and the rest of the sections below apply to both the in-kernel b44

driver and the b44 driver package from Broadcom.



Driver settings can be queried and changed using ethtool. The latest ethtool

can be downloaded from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel if it is not

already installed. The following are some common examples on how to use

ethtool. See the ethtool man page for more information. ethtool settings do

not persist across reboot or module reload. The ethtool commands can be put

in a startup script such as /etc/rc.local to preserve the settings across a

reboot.



1. Show current speed, duplex, and link status:



ethtool eth0



2. Change speed, duplex, autoneg:



Example: 100Mbps half duplex, no autonegotiation:



ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex half autoneg off



Example: Autonegotiation with full advertisement:



ethtool -s eth0 autoneg on



Example: Autonegotiation with 100Mbps full duplex advertisement only:



ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg on



3. Show flow control settings:



ethtool -a eth0



4. Change flow control settings:



Example: Turn off flow control



ethtool -A eth0 autoneg off rx off tx off



Example: Turn flow control autonegotiation on with tx and rx advertisement:



ethtool -A eth0 autoneg on rx on tx on



Note that this is only valid if speed is set to autonegotiation.



5. Get statistics:



ethtool -S eth0



6. See ethtool man page for more options.





Driver Defaults

===============



Speed : Autonegotiation with all speeds advertised



Flow control : Autonegotiation with rx and tx advertised



MTU : 1500 (range 46 - 1500)





Unloading and Removing Driver

=============================



To unload the driver, use ifconfig to bring down all eth# interfaces opened

by the driver, then do the following:



rmmod b44



Note that on 2.6 kernels, it is not necessary to bring down the eth#

interfaces before unloading the driver module.





If the driver was installed using rpm, do the following to remove it:



rpm -e b44





If the driver was installed using make install from the tar file, the driver

b44.o (or b44.ko) has to be manually deleted from the system. Refer

to the section "Installing Source RPM Package" for the location of the

installed driver.





Driver Messages

===============



The following are the most common sample messages that may be logged in the file

/var/log/messages. Use dmesg -n <level> to control the level at which messages

will appear on the console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default. To see

all messages, set the level higher.



Driver signon:

-------------



b44.c:v1.00b (Apr 20, 2006)





NIC detected:

------------



Link up and speed indication:

----------------------------



b44: eth0: Link is up at 100 Mbps, full duplex.

b44: eth0: Flow control is off for TX and on for RX.





Link down indication:

--------------------



b44: eth0: Link is down.





b44 notes:

----------

speed 10Mbs

The link LED is also a speed LED and when the b44 is set to speed 10Mbs the

link/speed LED will not illuminate. It only illuminates when speed is 100Mbs

AND link is detected.



Tx Pause

Tx pause frame generation is disabled by default. When it is enabled it may

affect b44 performance.