Hi It looks like a router problem not a ubuntu problem. Have you looked at the home hub setup?
Mark On 19 May 2009, at 21:32, michael wrote: > Greetings, > > I have a friend who seems to be having a few problems. > > It all started when I visited him to sort another computer out only > for > him to tell me that Ushare was not working. Upon investigation I found > that his ip address was set via dhcp to 217.43.191.95 and his system > was > not wanting to connect to the web or his home network. > > After a reinstall of 8.10 (due to 8.04 not being able to update to > 9.04), connectivity was re-established using the normal 192.xx.xx.xx > address range. > > Got a phone call earlier saying that the original problem was back > (the > system was only reinstalled less then 24hrs previously) and have just > spent the last hour trying to sort it out over the phone. > > Whois states that 217.43.191.95 refers to BT which is understandable > due > to him having a Homehub 2 > > Have tried: > > setting up a static address but Ubuntu seems to insist > on using the above address > Swapping cables / router ports > Soft / Hard reset of the router > > Any ideas? > > Mick > > -- > ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ > -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
