#1 2026-07-01 16:06:29

bushy3

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Registered: 2017-06-09

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Wifi vs Ethernet Internet access problem - SOLVED

Recent installation of Carbon.  Accessing the Internet with Ethernet works perfectly, wifi doesn't get Internet access at all.  It appears to connect to the router and appears it has a very strong connection but as stated there's no Internet access.  I tried pinging google.com from the terminal and I get back dns error.

Confusing as there cannot be dns issues if everything works with the wired connection.

Any suggestion for trouble shoot this problem?

resolv.conf had my local ip address as a namesever.
I edited the file and added two names servers as follows:
nameserver 8.8.8.8
nameserver 8.8.4.4

After saving the file everything worked.

Last edited by bushy3 (2026-07-02 00:23:26)

PackRat

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Re: Wifi vs Ethernet Internet access problem - SOLVED

From the network-manager applet select "Edit Connection"

Pick your wifi network and in the "General" tab make sure "All Users May Connect to This Network" is checked.

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bushy3

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Registered: 2017-06-09

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Re: Wifi vs Ethernet Internet access problem - SOLVED

It is checked correctly for all users

bushy3

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Re: Wifi vs Ethernet Internet access problem - SOLVED

Does the following information help identify my problem?
guy@Bunsen:~$ ip addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
    inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 ::1/128 scope host noprefixroute
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
3: wlp2s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether e4:a7:a0:4b:44:2f brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    altname wlxe4a7a04b442f
    inet 192.168.40.16/24 brd 192.168.40.255 scope global noprefixroute wlp2s0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
4: enx9c69d37cd285: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 9c:69:d3:7c:d2:85 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

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Re: Wifi vs Ethernet Internet access problem - SOLVED

Why is this SOLVED? Your last post was a question.

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