I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on dual boot with Windows 7 on separate HDD. I went through several threads regarding connection problems but I didn't understand them much as I have never used Linux in the past. Ubuntu detects that Ethernet cable is plugged in but it can't establish a connection.
ifconfig
:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr e0:3f:49:ad:81:b8
inet6 addr: fe80::e23f:49ff:fead:81b8/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:1 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:24 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:64 (64.0 B) TX bytes:5088 (5.0 KB)
Interrupt:20 Memory:f7d00000-f7d20000
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:116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:116 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:7184 (7.1 KB) TX bytes:7184 (7.1 KB)
lspci -knn | grep Net -A2
:
s Network Adapter [14e4:43b1] (rev 03)
Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer Inc. Device [1043:855c]
Kernel driver in use: bcma-pci-bridge
I tried to follow the post which got 186 up vote in the thread below but unfortunately in step 2 it wants user to be connected to internet in some form, so I am unsure what should I do to proceed as I can only connect to internet on Windows 7. Installing Broadcom Wireless Drivers
This didn't work. How to install Broadcom wireless drivers offline?
(Ctrl + Alt + T)
and post the output of ifconfiglspci -knn | grep Net -A2
command.