On Mon, Feb 19, 2018 at 10:00 PM, gregrwm <tclug1 at whitleymott.net> wrote: > i installed bionic via mini.iso. worked except it failed to do dhcp > <http://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1748409>, so i gave it a static > address, and no surprise what it installed uses the same static ip > address. same issue on desktop and laptop. for the desktop i expect i can > just populate /etc/network/interfaces and uninstall NetworkManager. i > don't think that's a good solution for the lappy tho. can anybody point me > to a guide to fix/complete the laptop configuration? i think ssb is the > broadcom wifi driver module, when running bionic it's already listed in > lsmod but only eth0 shows up in the network applet or /sys/class/net, when > running trusty the lappy wifi works, APs are listed and it connects to my > modem just fine, seems likely i can just copy some missing bit of > configuration from the trusty install, but what? > > Greetings As a suggestion to the OP - - - the use of a more traditional orthography will make it much easier for other to read your note. Easier reading would make it more likely to you would get answers to your questions - - - IMO. I can usually read and follow something of this length in a very short while. Here I had to read through it a number of time to puzzle out what was being said and what was being asked. Would bet I'm not the only one. Regards Dee -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20180220/0083133f/attachment.html>