Cannot Get Back Ethernet Connection

[ted leslie]

Compare lspci -xx on the two linux os.
-tl
On Jan 27, 2012 10:08 AM, <john.moniz-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

>  Hello everyone;
>
> After many years of trouble free ethernet connections, I have now lost it
> (in more ways than one) and cannot get an IP address on my Ubuntu set up.
> The condensed version of this story is that it won't connect, regardless of
> whether I try DHCP or static IP address. Ubuntu just won't give me an IP
> address.
>
> On this same box, I also have Vista and Fedora. I am able to connect with
> either, both with DHCP and static address configurations.
>
> Here's a comparison of "dmesg | grep eth" for both Fedora and Ubuntu.
>
> Fedora:
> <snip>
> forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
> eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>
> Ubuntu:
> <snip>
> [  480.187616] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
> [  490.348024] eth0: no[  480.187616] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for
> MSI/MSI-X
> [  490.348024] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> [  611.855532] forcedeth 0000:00:07.0: irq 25 for MSI/MSI-X
> [  622.492015] eth0: no IPv6 routers present
>
> I don't like what I see from Ubuntu and I have a feeling that it's not
> good. However, feelings don't fix things and I don't know where to go to
> fix it. I've been at this for days...
>
> Any help would be appreciated. And I can expand the story if necessary,
> just thought I'd zero in on the above first.
>
> Thanks,
>
> John.
>
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