hi Guys
New-to this forum but already found and used several useful tips - so many thanks.

I have an Acer One D260; Intel Atom N450 @ 1.66ghz; 2gb ram; 160gb hd running: Mint 17 Cinnamon 32 bit; version 2.2.16; kernel 3.13.0-24generic.

Works a treat with one exception - isn't there always!
Wired ethernet fails to connect - tries and tries but no go9ld star!
Wireless works fine just a bit slow and the local area is crowded.

Any suggestions for getting it going. I think it is atheros chipset?

Details I can get are below:

steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $ ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 88:ae:1d:62:b3:a0
inet6 addr: fe80::8aae:1dff:fe62:b3a0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:547 errors:84085 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:34620
TX packets:855 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:5
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:33616 (33.6 KB) TX bytes:174705 (174.7 KB)

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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:1605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:1605 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:191607 (191.6 KB) TX bytes:191607 (191.6 KB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c4:46:19:08:c5:9d
inet addr:192.168.1.212 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::c646:19ff:fe08:c59d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:18294 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:449422
TX packets:12790 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:14503838 (14.5 MB) TX bytes:2258407 (2.2 MB)
Interrupt:17

steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $ dmesg | grep -e eth0 -e bcm
[ 19.849010] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 27.837677] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 27.842212] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_UP): eth0: link is not ready
[ 2399.973684] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 2399.973721] IPv6: ADDRCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready
[ 2401.694262] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 2403.255431] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
[ 2404.046081] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Down
[ 2405.618549] atl1c 0000:01:00.0: atl1c: eth0 NIC Link is Up<100 Mbps Full Duplex>
steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $

Thanks in advance
steve

I'm on Mint Mate 17. Just showing what commands are Available in Mint to show your hardware.

With Ethernet connected. Run

also

Post back in this thread with the results. I have a feeling your Network Manager settings may need setting though for eth0.

Go to the top and find the icon that has Wired or Wifi network connection icon.

Right click and go to Edit Connections

From there Go to the Wired dropdown and locate your eth0

Click on Edit and select Connect Automatically

it will run commands in the background and will get you connected to the internet

Just in case it is a ipv6 issue instead.

http://www.binarytides.com/disable-ipv6-ubuntu/

You can try resetting the modem also before anything else.

Thanks for coming back so quickly.
first part of what you suggested below - just finishing the other bits now...


steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $ inxi -F
System: Host: LittleGreyOne Kernel: 3.13.0-24-generic i686 (32 bit) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Linux Mint 17 Qiana
Machine: Mobo: Acer model: AOD260 version: V3.16(DDR2) Bios: Acer version: V3.16(DDR2) date: 11/07/2011
CPU: Single core Intel Atom CPU N450 (-HT-) cache: 512 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 ssse3)
Clock Speeds: 1: 1666.00 MHz 2: 1666.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Atom Processor D4xx/D5xx/N4xx/N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller
X.Org: 1.15.1 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1440x900@59.9hz
GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel IGD x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 10.1.0
Audio: Card: Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio Controller driver: snd_hda_intel
Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture ver: k3.13.0-24-generic
Network: Card-1: Qualcomm Atheros AR8132 Fast Ethernet driver: atl1c
IF: eth0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: 88:ae:1d:62:b3:a0
Card-2: Broadcom BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter driver: wl
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: c4:46:19:08:c5:9d
Drives: HDD Total Size: 160.0GB (28.1% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: Hitachi_HCC54501 size: 160.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 145G used: 42G (31%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 2.13GB used: 0.01GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: N/A
Info: Processes: 140 Uptime: 3:21 Memory: 1105.6/2005.4MB Client: Shell inxi: 1.8.4
steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $ mintwifi
-------------------------
* I. scanning WIFI PCI devices...
-- Broadcom Corporation BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)
==> PCI ID = 14e4:4727 (rev 01)
-------------------------
* II. querying ndiswrapper...
-------------------------
* III. querying iwconfig...
wlan0 IEEE 802.11abg ESSID:"PlusnetWireless36F159"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 9C:97:26:36:F1:59
Retry long limit:7 RTS thrff Fragment thrff
Power Managementff

lo no wireless extensions.

eth0 no wireless extensions.

-------------------------
* IV. querying ifconfig...
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 88:ae:1d:62:b3:a0
inet6 addr: fe80::8aae:1dff:fe62:b3a0/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:2504 errors:394562 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:161902
TX packets:3859 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:5
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:154043 (154.0 KB) TX bytes:801723 (801.7 KB)

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:65536 Metric:1
RX packets:9349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:9349 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1145765 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:1145765 (1.1 MB)

wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr c4:46:19:08:c5:9d
inet addr:192.168.1.212 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::c646:19ff:fe08:c59d/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:110569 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1040739
TX packets:86047 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:96110128 (96.1 MB) TX bytes:16311021 (16.3 MB)
Interrupt:17

-------------------------
* V. querying DHCP...
[sudo] password for steve:
RTNETLINK answers: File exists
-------------------------
* VI. querying nslookup google.com...
Server: 192.168.1.254
Address: 192.168.1.254#53

Non-authoritative answer:
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.230
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.232
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.228
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.227
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.238
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.233
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.226
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.224
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.229
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.231
Name: google.com
Address: 74.125.230.225

steve@LittleGreyOne ~ $

Had a look at ipv6 and it doesn't look like it is supported - so I have disable it but still no joy with the wired ethernet.

I think my reply about the inxi - f etc is with the moderator!?

inxi is showing eth0 is up and

the driver is loaded. So just to make sure no firmware is missing though I doubt it since inxi says eth0 is up and running.

If it comes back empty. With nothing. Then you should be good to go with eth0. I am kinda stumped really from here since everything looks OK to me.

I guess

will show more also. Mac address and all is showing. So I cant figure on why you cannot connect.