I was wondering if anyone could help. I've been using Ubuntu for some time but got a bit tired of it and wanted to try something new so switched on to Mint.
However, I can't connect it to my other linux computer (xubuntu) via ethernet. The eth0 driver and cable is working properly as it connects to my internet router if I try to get internet from it. However, when I plug the cable to my xubuntu system, it doesn't. Critically, that system had been networking before with no problem so it is something in my new LM system
I have set up IPs for both of them (different for each, using 'ifconfig'). I have installed samba and its related packages. When I plug it in, it attempts connection and I can ping each computer and even access its shared directories but the connection is never 'established' and eventually drops. I've set up IPv6 as ignore in both
Here are some of the info that might be relevant/useful
sudo lshw -C network
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*-network
description: Network controller
product: BCM4311 802.11b/g WLAN
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:0b:00.0
version: 01
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm msi pciexpress bus_master cap_list
configuration: driver=b43-pci-bridge latency=0
resources: irq:16 memory:efdfc000-efdfffff
*-network
description: Ethernet interface
product: BCM4401-B0 100Base-TX
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@0000:03:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 02
serial: 00:15:c5:ad:c3:19
size: 100Mbit/s
capacity: 100Mbit/s
width: 32 bits
clock: 33MHz
capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd autonegotiation
configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=b44 driverversion=2.0 duplex=full latency=64 link=yes multicast=yes port=twisted pair speed=100Mbit/s
resources: irq:17 memory:ef9fe000-ef9fffff
*-network
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: wlan0
serial: 00:1c:26:41:32:7c
capabilities: ethernet physical wireless
configuration: broadcast=yes driver=b43 driverversion=3.5.0-17-generic firmware=666.2 ip=192.168.0.19 link=yes multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
sudo ifconfig
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eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:c5:ad:c3:19
inet6 addr: fe80::215:c5ff:fead:c319/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:3109 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:3524 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1137808 (1.1 MB) TX bytes:515515 (515.5 KB)
Interrupt:17
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:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:6128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:6128 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:621507 (621.5 KB) TX bytes:621507 (621.5 KB)
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:1c:26:41:32:7c
inet addr:192.168.0.19 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::21c:26ff:fe41:327c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:957414 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:821320 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:1190337678 (1.1 GB) TX bytes:141410305 (141.4 MB)
sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
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# interfaces(5) file used by ifup(8) and ifdown(8)
auto lo
iface lo inet loopbackMany many thanks!