With 6.06 there are problems with the dell servers detecting the cards and I believe it will be the same with the optiplexes, I would suggest using a newer version than 6.06, I know it isn't as well supported but an newer version will at least work out the bux.
Regards, Daniel -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 16 October 2007 22:14 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] Networking with an Dell Optiplex GX620 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Rob, > > Um, how do I know if it has detected the network card? > > I also have 7.04, just finished downloading it, should I use that instead? > > James Hi James, One of the ways you can see if it is detected is to open the Terminal (this can be found under the Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal) and then entering the command: ifconfig You should *hopefully* see a list of adaptors come up. On my home machine running Ubuntu 7.04 I get eth0 which is the network card and lo which is the 'loopback' adaptor (kind of a virtual internal network card). As Kris mentions, you may be worth hanging on until Thursday and downloading/trying Ubuntu 7.10. I'm not back in my office until Thursday so if I can download the Ubuntu 7.10 ISO I will give it a try on my work machine (which is an Optiplex GX620). Rob -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/ -- [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.kubuntu.org/UKTeam/
