Thank you for your replies. I have tried different cables, as well as different connections: i.e. from the cable box vs. the wifi router. When I get home, I'll try "pressing down firmly on the ethernet jack" so see what happens.
On Monday, October 28, 2013 12:49:22 PM UTC-4, William Hermans wrote: > > Try a different network cable. IF that doesnt fix it, try pressing down > firmly on the ethernet jack on the BBB > > > On Mon, Oct 28, 2013 at 9:26 AM, Felicia James > <[email protected]<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Greetings, >> >> I'm a proud new owner of a BBB and still in the Newbie category when it >> comes to terminal commands. I've been able to successfully boot my BBB >> using Angstrom, I've even been able to connect to the internet (at first) >> using an Ethernet cable. I have not been able to get the wifi to work - I >> have the recommended Edimax wifi dongle (and know it works), but "opkg >> update" is not successful. I tried switching to Ubuntu instead (which I am >> more familiar and which I know how to connect to the internet...at least >> with the desktop version). But, sudo apt-get update doesn't work, so I >> can't install ubuntu-desktop either :( >> >> That's not the reason for this particular post though. >> >> About the third time I tried using the Ethernet, the connection kept >> connecting and unconnecting. That's when I noticed that the green and >> yellow network lights were not staying lit. Now, I cannot get them to light >> at all. So, before I can address the problem with updating, I need a >> network connection. >> >> Could there be something wrong with my board? Or, have I possibly messed >> up a setting that "turned off" the Ethernet connector? >> >> I would appreciate some troubleshooting advice...currently, I have Ubuntu >> flashed to the on board memory. If it helps, I'll switch back to Angstrom. >> >> Thanks in advance for your assistance, >> >> Felicia >> >> -- >> For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "BeagleBoard" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> > > -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
