On 24/11/06, Colin Humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right - I'll check the BIOS settings. If after checking and changing there > is still no change would that mean the problem lies with the machine rather > than the installation of ubuntu?
Hi Colin, It's not definitive, but very likely. Have you tried a Live CD? This way you could try a Linux distro other than Ubuntu (e.g. Knoppix) to rule that variable out of the equation. Unless it's a *very* new machine/network card though, Linux will support the network card. No one seems to have given you an answer to your question about Ethernet and DHCP. Basically, DHCP depends on networking, i.e. Ethernet (in your case), or wireless, or something else. If you can't get a network connection, DHCP is never going to work. I agree with Andy's earlier comment though. For a server, you shouldn't be using DHCP -- unless you're serving your internet connection through it, in which case you may need DHCP to get an address from your ISP, but should have a fixed address on the internal network and may even be a DHCP server for the internal network. Maybe you should describe exactly how you want to set up the connections in your network and we could (try to) give you some advice for your particular configuration. Hope this helps, Neil. -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
