# not able to communicate with the network

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**Category:** SLES Networking\
**Created:** [August 30, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/not-able-to-communicate-with-the-network/21946 "2011-08-30T11:36:02Z")\
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**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:36am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/not-able-to-communicate-with-the-network/21946/1 "2011-08-30T11:36:02Z")

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Hi all,

I cant get the SUSE 10 64 bit machine to communicate.  
I gave a static ip to it.  
I have 3 other windows machine on the same lan which can communicate  
thru the gateway and DNS servers, not this one.  
I get a response “network not reachable”  
everytime I restart, it opens up the Network configuration screen. I  
tried going with Network manager and traditional method both. still not  
pingable.  
I can ping localhost.  
when I click on computer icon, i can see the in the bottom right menu  
about network status, it shows connected to none, (or sometimes vmnet1,  
i have vmware running too)

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 11:46am UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/not-able-to-communicate-with-the-network/21946/2 "2011-08-30T11:46:02Z")

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kirtikjr;2132781 Wrote:[color=blue]

> Hi all,
> 
> I cant get the SUSE 10 64 bit machine to communicate.  
> I gave a static ip to it.  
> I have 3 other windows machine on the same lan which can communicate  
> thru the gateway and DNS servers, not this one.  
> I get a response “network not reachable”  
> everytime I restart, it opens up the Network configuration screen. I  
> tried going with Network manager and traditional method both. still not  
> pingable.  
> I can ping localhost.  
> when I click on computer icon, i can see the in the bottom right menu  
> about network status, it shows connected to none, (or sometimes vmnet1,  
> i have vmware running too)[/color]

In the terminal run “route” and “ifconfig” and paste the output here.

Thomas

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**Post date:** [August 30, 2011, 3:56pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/not-able-to-communicate-with-the-network/21946/3 "2011-08-30T15:56:02Z")

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Are you sure the port/patch cord is good? Plug in a known working  
computer and see.

–El

kirtikjr;2132781 Wrote:[color=blue]

> Hi all,
> 
> I cant get the SUSE 10 64 bit machine to communicate.  
> I gave a static ip to it.  
> I have 3 other windows machine on the same lan which can communicate  
> thru the gateway and DNS servers, not this one.  
> I get a response “network not reachable”  
> everytime I restart, it opens up the Network configuration screen. I  
> tried going with Network manager and traditional method both. still not  
> pingable.  
> I can ping localhost.  
> when I click on computer icon, i can see the in the bottom right menu  
> about network status, it shows connected to none, (or sometimes vmnet1,  
> i have vmware running too)[/color]

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