Tell me more ×  I just installed ubuntu 12.04 and I'm trying to
set up my internet access. I just have a wired connection so it
should be quite simple.  My computer has two interfaces, eth0
and eth1.  I'm not sure which one my wire is plugged into right
now.  At first it was working correctly, but then I tried to set
a static IP address, and from there it's not working anymore,
even if I cancel the modifications I made. I even tried the
other interface, and it's not working either. Right now I just
want it to work regardless of the interface.  Please help me to
figure out what is not working properly.  One thing I'm sure of
is that both the cable and the router do work, so it's a linux
configuration problem.  Here's what I've done:  I've been to
/etc/network/interfaces and I've added the following:  auto eth1
iface eth1 inet static  I doubled checked that these are the
correct values for my network. Then I did:  /etc/init.d/network
restart  and even tried:  ifdown eth1 ifup eth1  I sometimes got
the message '