No Wired network connection
Posted: 29. Nov 2014, 13:33
I installed Salix Openbox to an old laptop (2001 Compaq 2138EA) which has no wireless card, just a wired nic.
I cannot connect to my lan or get an IP address with dhcp. Other versions of Linux (Watt OS, Mint 13, PCLOS) have no such problems, but are a tad on the heavy side for this old computer (640 MB ram, 20GB HDD). I am currently running Watt OS Openbox, but would like to run Salix Openbox as it seems a bit lighter and doesn't seem to thrash it as much as the others.
I tried everything with WICD but although the link lights on the router are busy flashing away, so it is driving the nic ok, it ultimately fails to make a connection. Eth0 is listed in WICD as a connection.
I am currently running Salix Openbox as a VM on my main computer, which connects to the internet straight away (although I can't get any sound on the VM) and I am impressed by it's lightness and speed coupled with simplicity (no great frills).
Any help appreciated. Forgive my ignorance, I am coming from Debian based os for the first time, so things are a little different.
I cannot connect to my lan or get an IP address with dhcp. Other versions of Linux (Watt OS, Mint 13, PCLOS) have no such problems, but are a tad on the heavy side for this old computer (640 MB ram, 20GB HDD). I am currently running Watt OS Openbox, but would like to run Salix Openbox as it seems a bit lighter and doesn't seem to thrash it as much as the others.
I tried everything with WICD but although the link lights on the router are busy flashing away, so it is driving the nic ok, it ultimately fails to make a connection. Eth0 is listed in WICD as a connection.
I am currently running Salix Openbox as a VM on my main computer, which connects to the internet straight away (although I can't get any sound on the VM) and I am impressed by it's lightness and speed coupled with simplicity (no great frills).
Any help appreciated. Forgive my ignorance, I am coming from Debian based os for the first time, so things are a little different.