Linux Newbie. Internet Connection Prob.

[GrizzlyMan10]

I just installed Linux to my PC today and had internet working great and all, then when I came back from class I am unable to connect to websites through firefox and don't seem able to remedy this. I have already manually set the LAN connection. Suggestions?

[gnuuser]

unless you are on a proprietary network linux usually sets up your network on auto-detect or dhcp.
you should post the information about the network
(no username or passwords though)
this will help us to see whats going on

[GrizzlyMan10]

My ISP is Suddenlink, I am not really sure what type of information specifically would be helpful. I set everything to Auto. What exactly are you looking for that could help?

[MikeTbob]

Try posting the output of

lspci -kn

ifconfig

dmesg

[GrizzlyMan10]

ben@Grizzly-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci -kn
00:00.0 0600: 1022:9600
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
00:01.0 0604: 1022:9602
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:04.0 0604: 1022:9604
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:05.0 0604: 1022:9605
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:06.0 0604: 1022:9606
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
	Kernel modules: shpchp
00:11.0 0106: 1002:4391
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ahci
	Kernel modules: ahci
00:12.0 0c03: 1002:4397
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.1 0c03: 1002:4398
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:12.2 0c03: 1002:4396
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:13.0 0c03: 1002:4397
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.1 0c03: 1002:4398
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:13.2 0c03: 1002:4396
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ehci_hcd
00:14.0 0c05: 1002:4385 (rev 3a)
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: piix4_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c-piix4
00:14.1 0101: 1002:439c
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: pata_atiixp
	Kernel modules: pata_atiixp
00:14.2 0403: 1002:4383
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: HDA Intel
	Kernel modules: snd-hda-intel
00:14.3 0601: 1002:439d
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
00:14.4 0604: 1002:4384
00:14.5 0c03: 1002:4399
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: ohci_hcd
00:18.0 0600: 1022:1300 (rev 40)
00:18.1 0600: 1022:1301
00:18.2 0600: 1022:1302
00:18.3 0600: 1022:1303
	Kernel driver in use: k10temp
	Kernel modules: k10temp
00:18.4 0600: 1022:1304
01:05.0 0300: 1002:9612
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: radeon
	Kernel modules: radeon
08:00.0 0280: 14e4:432b (rev 01)
	Subsystem: 103c:137f
	Kernel modules: ssb
09:00.0 0200: 10ec:8168 (rev 02)
	Subsystem: 103c:3045
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169

ben@Grizzly-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~$ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:26:9e:4c:94:c9  
          inet addr:192.168.0.14  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::226:9eff:fe4c:94c9/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:3258 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:972 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:362821 (362.8 KB)  TX bytes:70262 (70.2 KB)
          Interrupt:43 Base address:0x2000 

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:682 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:682 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:60077 (60.0 KB)  TX bytes:60077 (60.0 KB)

ben@Grizzly-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~$

[MikeTbob]

I gave you the wrong code, sorry.
Try just

lspci

I want to see the name of the chipset.

[GrizzlyMan10]

ben@Grizzly-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (int gfx)
00:04.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 0)
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 1)
00:06.0 PCI bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] RS780 PCI to PCI bridge (PCIE port 2)
00:11.0 SATA controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 SATA Controller [AHCI mode]
00:12.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:12.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:12.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:13.0 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI0 Controller
00:13.1 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700 USB OHCI1 Controller
00:13.2 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB EHCI Controller
00:14.0 SMBus: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 SMBus Controller (rev 3a)
00:14.1 IDE interface: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 IDE Controller
00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA)
00:14.3 ISA bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 LPC host controller
00:14.4 PCI bridge: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 PCI to PCI Bridge
00:14.5 USB Controller: ATI Technologies Inc SB700/SB800 USB OHCI2 Controller
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor HyperTransport Configuration (rev 40)
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor DRAM Controller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Miscellaneous Control
00:18.4 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 11h Processor Link Control
01:05.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc RS780M/RS780MN [Radeon HD 3200 Graphics]
08:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4322 802.11a/b/g/n Wireless LAN Controller (rev 01)
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 02)
ben@Grizzly-HP-TouchSmart-tx2-Notebook-PC:~$

Well, I finally got internet access via LAN, now I am trying to tackle getting my wireless card to work now, any suggestions to look for drivers?

[MikeTbob]

If you look at this page, it tells us that this card, under Known PCI devices, is not supported.
b43 - Linux Wireless

[GrizzlyMan10]

Any suggestions on what to do? I'm just guessing but is it possible to replace said wireless card? I know updating hardware for laptops can be tricky. And if I can what wireless card should I look for?

[MikeTbob]

You could try to get a USB Wireless card or maybe a PCMCIA card. I would look for anything but a broadcom chipset. I know broadcom is opening up more with their drivers but that might be awhile.

So you said it was working (Wireless) and then it stopped?
I would try to do a complete update and see if that changes anything.

sudo apt-get update

Was there an update between the time it worked and the time it stopped working?