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[Discuss] network connection



One issue I frequently see is that the system tends to remember the
previous network. My Acer Aspire 1 (Fedora) generally connects to
various wifis with no problem. You might want to click on the icon and
and see if your local wifi is listed.

On 07/09/2014 08:33 PM, j. daniel Moylan wrote:
> i was off in maine for a few days, messed around with my network
> connections unsuccessfully and am now home in brookline and am unable to
> connect, with no idea as to what i may have screwed up.
>
> running xubuntu 14.04 oa asus aspire 1.
>
> /etc/network/interfaces looks ok, NetworkManager is running as well as
> nm-applet.
> ifconfig shows the computer on 192.168.1.100 which is where it is supposed
> to be, route shows the asus router as the default gateway.
>
> i can ping myself at 192.168.1.100 but not the router at 192.168.1.1
>
> any help would be appreciated.
> ole dan
>

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