Acer Aspire Network problem
 

My laptop connects fine wirelessly but when I try connecting with the cable it won't connect. I have tried an identical laptop and that connects fine so it must be the laptop but I don't know why. Has anyone got any advice?

Yep, plug in the cable, then
"ifconfig eth# down ; sleep 10 ; ifconfig eth# up" If that doesn't work "ifconfig -a" and see if it's even "UP"

Disconnect from the wireless first, then do what the second poster asked.

Hi, I'm sorry to sound stupid but I don't understand. I have unconnected the wireless and plugged in the cable but what is the 'configure' stuff?

Okay, you need to open a "Terminal" (aka: "Command prompt", "shell", "terminal session", or just hit Ctrl+Alt+F2). Then you're going to type the following at the "command prompt", okay?
You should get output like this (pay attention to the stuff in bold);
Now, "eth0" is the first "wired" network port. The "lo" interface is your "loopback interface" (127.0.0.1). Then there's "wlan0", which stands for "Wireless LAN". All of these (except the loopback) will have numbers. For example, if you have a 4-port Network Card, you would see "eth0", "eth1", "eth2", and "eth3". Get it?

In order to manipulate network ports, you have to learn a few commands. The first one is "ifconfig" (type "man ifconfig" and start reading). This command does one big thing we need; it can turn off and on ports.

So, the previous command I gave you;
This will turn off eth# (where # is the number of your wired ethernet port, like zero).
Then sleep for 10 seconds.
Then turn eth# back on.

Now, the next thing the "ifconfig" command does is tell you if a port is "UP";
P.S: Go thru my signature and start reading. You kinda sound like you could use some more tips.

Hi,

Welcome to LQ!

"Knowledge is of two kinds. We Know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it."- Samuel Johnson

Other members have given good useful advice. You can look at the following links to learn a bit more about admin, sure some may seem beyond a newbie skill level but you must start somewhere;



Linux Documentation Project

Rute Tutorial & Exposition

Linux Command Guide

Utimate Linux Newbie Guide

LinuxSelfHelp

Bash Beginners Guide

Bash Reference Manual

Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide

Linux Home Networking



The above links and others can be found at 'Slackware-Links'. More than just Slackware® links!

I've turned off the wireless and hit ctrl alt and F2 but nothing happened, is it my computer? frustrating as I only ought it 6 months ago

I've just typed command prompt in the search and it's brought it up so gonna have a go this way

Didn't work. Just got C:\Windows\system32\command.com
Specified COMMAND search directory bad
Microsoft<R> Windows DOS
<C>Copyright Microsoft Corp 1990-2001.

C>ifconfig -a
'IFCONFIG' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Then I tried it again without the space and got

C>ifconfig-a
'IFCONFIG-A' is not recognised as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file

Any ideas?

Are you serious? This whole time you've been asking for help on a Windows box? Please bear in mind this is linuxquestions.org.
Next time you start a thread, please state the Operating System you're using.

Hi,

@OP I suggest that you look at 'How to Ask Questions the Smart Way' so in the future your queries provide information that will aid us in diagnosis of the problem/query.

 Most newbies that read the LQ Rules & Site Banner would noticed;

@xeleema I can feel your frustrations. A lot of wasted resource for assumptions. OP should have made effort to explain things better and provide details.
:hattip: