[PLUG] Ubuntu: Testing Wired Network Connectivity

King Beowulf kingbeowulf at gmail.com
Tue Dec 4 08:02:06 UTC 2012


On 12/01/2012 09:31 AM, Rich Shepard wrote:
>     I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be
> sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on
> this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking
> before it's packaged and shipped and would like assistance from a ubuntu
> expert.
>
>     It's a full, vanilla installation; I just let it do its own thing. Ergo,
> no network setup with a host name or static IP address. I don't run a DHCP
> server here since there are only a handful of hosts and static IP addresses
> have worked just fine for many years.
>
Don't know why I didn't think of this earlier.  along with ifconfig, you 
can use ethtool for NIC hardware diagnostics.





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