Ubuntu 14.04 wired connection detected but no internet access
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Good. Then you do not have DNS nameservers. Add these two lines to /etc/resolv.conf:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4
and it should work.
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Updated on September 18, 2022Comments
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user324935 almost 2 years
I have no wired connection internet access on ubuntu 14.04 even though it is detected, my computer connected to the same router has.
$ ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 4c:72:b9:7e:b5:61 inet addr:192.168.1.2 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::4e72:b9ff:fe7e:b561/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:93 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:705 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:18292 (18.2 KB) TX bytes:76277 (76.2 KB) Interrupt:17 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:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:54442 (54.4 KB) TX bytes:54442 (54.4 KB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 08:3e:8e:5f:56:1e 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)
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Admin about 10 yearswhat happens if you ping your router ping -c3 192.168.1.1? Or Google's DNS ping -c3 8.8.8.8?
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Admin about 10 years3 packets sent, 3 received
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user324935 about 10 yearsThat did work (it couldnt load videos on youtube) but after reboot is reset to: nameserver 8.8.8.8 nameserver 127.0.1.1
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MariusMatutiae about 10 years@user324935 It should work then, doesn't it?
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user324935 about 10 yearsyes it is working properly now
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GTodorov almost 9 yearsI used the IPs of opendns. But yes, your idea works! Thanks!
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Ashish Doneriya about 7 yearsYou are an expert dude.