Linux Newbie - losing internet connection
I tried before to get my head around Ubuntu but became confused. I have now gone back to see if I can do better. However I am finding that the program is dropping in and out of the internet connection every couple of minutes. How can I overcome this please. I am using a BTHub3, also have a Belkin Wireless G Desktop Card installed in computer. Previously when I used the program this did not happen. I also have WIN 7 loaded on computer.
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Dropping out may need to be more clear.
What do you mean when you say dropping out and what tests did you do or what indications do you see? Try a few different live cd/dvd's and see if they all do the same might be a good start. |
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ifconfig Code:
/sbin/ifconfig The output should look something like this: Code:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet Hardware Adresse 00:03:0d:48:ef:1f Pascal |
Sorry to have been so long - have been away. Tried 'ifconfig' amd was then baffled because I could not find out how to copy the terminal text to file so I could include it here. Tried Ctrl C & Ctrl V into Libre Office but no joy. Have got to look further to find out how to do this. Will try to find some lists of instructions. I am a real 'newbie'!!!
When I log into Linux I immediately get a message flashing 'BTHub3-ZX6T connnection established' - then immediately it flashes again 'BTHUb3-ZX6T Disconnected you are now off line' and it continues to do this every three seconds. I have to reboot into Windows to access the forum and internet. |
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In case this does not work, you can get around it doing the following: Type the command and redirect the output to a text file with '>': (# inserted here to indicate you need to be ROOT to execute this command or else type '/sbin/ifconfig') Code:
# ifconfig > ifconfig-output.txt To view this file in the terminal use: Code:
cat ifconfig-output.txt Quote:
Please tell us whether you have an IP address when you are disconnected, if not type Code:
dhclient I assume, when being disconnected, all your applications accessing the internet are offline? Please post the contens of your network-interfaces file: Code:
cat /etc/network/interfaces I hope we are getting closer to the origin of your network problems. |
Thank you very much for your response. Believe it or not I am going away again - will be back in a week and will try to use the information you have just given me. I really do appreciate the help.
Regards |
Thanks to everyone for your suggestions. Thanks also for telling me how to save ifconfig info. I did this and got the following:
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:4f:65:c5:1b UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc400 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:11732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:11732 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:874416 (874.4 KB) TX bytes:874416 (874.4 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:3f:d3:6f:3b inet6 addr: fe80::217:3fff:fed3:6f3b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:2243 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8445 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:419652 (419.6 KB) TX bytes:1649844 (1.6 MB) Tried dhclient and got nothing. Also tried changing settings for web access but could not find IP addresses. Decided to run 'repair' when booting. Good move. Then got eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:06:4f:65:c5:1b UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:18 Base address:0xc400 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:15632 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:15632 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1166160 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:1166160 (1.1 MB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:17:3f:d3:6f:3b inet addr:192.168.1.64 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::217:3fff:fed3:6f3b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:3232 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:11269 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:660488 (660.4 KB) TX bytes:2201999 (2.2 MB) Went to settings and the system was able to pick up the IP addresses. So I now have successful acccess to the internet. Once again many thanks to everyone for all your help. |
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