Internet does not work after install.

[troy1991]

Basically hear is what I need help with. When I was using Ultimate 2.8 32bit on the live dvd everything worked perfect. I had internet connectivity. How ever once I installed it to my hdd it was unable to connect to the internet. It does not detect any network devices. I am connected via ethernet cable. And It did work before install. Also I just hooked my laptop to that cord and internet is def still working. Any ideals what I can do to fix this?

[TexasMike]

troy1991,
First thing - Welcome to Ultimate Edition!
Did you try opening System>Administration>Network Tools to see if the Ethernet card is seen by Ultimate Edition? Seems strange that you could use the Live DVD and have access to the internet and the installation to your HDD does not. I assume that you used the same DVD for the Live session and for the install???
Would you also post back here with some more information about this hardware in this system? See my Signature below, for an example of what sort of info we need. This information is very helpful to the Admins and Mods here when trying to assist you with hardware related issues, such as this one. Also, which Ultimate Edition are you using/installing?

[dougal]

I had this problem once - I had mistyped the password and didn't know it. I automatically thought there was a problem with the hardware/software when all the time it was my own fault.
A quick reinstall making sure all passwords were correctly typed saw everything come back to normal with full Internet.

There is obviously a less drastic way of changing or confirming passwords but, I couldn't be bothered waiting for a reply from the forum or trawling help files.

A reinstall is just as quick for me.

[pclinuxguru]

Had this happen to me on a clients laptop yesterday.

Fix was easy, just needed to force the drivers after install.

What wifi card is this?

FYI this is what I had to do to get there wifi card to work after install, Note it worked flawless in live version but failed to show in the final install.

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sudo modprobe b43
dmesg | grep b43
iwconfig

Now activate the b43 drivers via additional drivers, then

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sudo su
echo b43 >> /etc/modules
exit

Just modify the code to match your required driver.