[SOLVED] Wierdest problem I have ever seen!!!

jim.thornton · 09-10-2013, 09:32 AM

I just installed Linux Mint 13 and everything went pretty smooth. During the process I remembered that the internal wifi card was an RA Link card and it caused me a bunch of trouble when I installed Linux Mint 11. As a result I decided to change this card to an extra one that I had lying around which was a Broadcom mini-pci wifi card.

When installing Linux Mint 13 it recognized the card and I had internet right away. However, the next morning when I brought the computer back to my mother's house there was no more internet. It was recognizing the card but for some reason wasn't seeing any networks or anything. I looked in the Control Panel and installed the proprietary Broadcom STA drivers and then rebooted. The card started working again. I connected to the router and voila! I had internet.

Later that day I needed to setup a file share with another desktop on the LAN and that's when I discovered a really wierd problem. This computer was connecting to the router, getting internet access, had an IP address within the DHCP range that was assigned by the router, but I CAN'T PING ANYTHING ON THE NETWORK.

I cannot even connect to my router at 192.168.1.1 via firefox. I ping any address that I have on the LAN and it times out.

I still have internet though! I am so perplexed by this and need some help. I've been working on it for hours and tried searching. Everything I can find says "can connect to router but not internet". Nobody has the reverse problem.

Can someone please help me.

linosaurusroot · 09-10-2013, 09:46 AM

Is there any chance you're connected to a different router (belonging to a neighbour) that doesn't have a LAN like yours?

jim.thornton · 09-10-2013, 09:54 AM

I thought that initially too, but they are definitely connected to the same router. I erased the connections listed in the connection manager and then re-entered them.

That doesn't explain not being able to connect to the router though. I'm getting 192.168.1.103 as an IP for this machine but when I go to 192.168.1.1 I time out.

I can connect to the router from other computers on the LAN though.

rknichols · 09-10-2013, 10:05 AM

What does "route -n" show as the default route and gateway?

jim.thornton · 09-10-2013, 10:12 AM

Code:

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
0.0.0.0         192.168.1.1     0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 eth1
169.254.0.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 eth1
192.168.1.0     0.0.0.0         255.255.255.0   U     2      0        0 eth1

jim.thornton · 09-10-2013, 10:16 AM

Code:

$ sudo lshw -C network
  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: BCM4313 802.11bgn Wireless Network Adapter
       vendor: Broadcom Corporation
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:02:00.0
       logical name: eth1
       version: 01
       serial: 00:1b:b1:a0:e0:79
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=wl0 driverversion=6.20.155.1 (r326264) ip=192.168.1.104 latency=0 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11abg
       resources: irq:17 memory:feafc000-feafffff

linosaurusroot · 09-10-2013, 10:33 AM

It would be normal to have a 16-bit netmask on 192.168 rather than 24 bits.

jim.thornton · 09-10-2013, 11:08 AM

Not sure what you mean by the 16bit vs. 24bit netmask. It is usually 192.168.1.X, which I think is 24 bit???

I took out the mini-pci card for network in the computer and connected with a USB dongle and it works beautifully. I guess there is an issue with that card. I can't be bothered trying to figure it out anymore. I've spent absolutely hours on it.

Now I'm having another issue though. If no one here can help me then I'll create another thread.

I'm trying to connect to the share on the other desktop (also running Linux Mint 13). It is visible, but when I go to connect to it, it says cannot connect to windows share. How, through mate, can I connect with a different username and password?