Can't Connect to Network with USB Ethernet Adapter at Work


ArchiMark

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Have strange situation, hope someone can please advise....


Have new Pandora Rebirth model and installed latest firmware....


At home I can use my Apple USB ethernet adapter and connect to the network/internet without any problems. Just enable USB-host and then click on ifupdown (bnep0) and it connects.....


However, when I try to do the same thing at my workplace, it doesn't connect. When I click ifupdown (bnep0) I see the tiny progress wheel spinning for a while and then I get the disconnected message on the display....


Could this be related to workplace having static IP address or ?


Any suggestions how to fix this?


Would really like to connect via ethernet instead of wifi at work, since we have very fast ethernet network compared to wifi.


Thanks!
 
Maybe the DHCP server is restricted to some MAC adresses.


Get the one from your computer, then, spoof it:


sudo ifconfig eth0 down


sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX


sudo ifconfig eth0 up
 
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Maybe the DHCP server is restricted to some MAC adresses.


Get the one from your computer, then, spoof it:


sudo ifconfig eth0 down


sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX


sudo ifconfig eth0 up

Thanks for your help!


Tried what you suggested, but still no go, when I ping....get 'network is unreachable' message....


Any suggestion?


I do have IP address, gateway, DNS Server info...can't I set this up in /etc/network/interfaces? If so, how would you recommend setting it up?


Thanks.


- UPDATE -


My bad.....turns out that problem was that the ethernet was shutdown by the network...had IT guy come and reactivate the port and then I could connect normally using the network connection function in the taskbar......
 
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