mesa 7i96 connection refused

BeagleBrainz wrote: Have you checked your cable ?

+1
Also editing the interfaces file and using the network manager/wicd to edit the network stuff always ends in non functional networking. Choose one and edit, never both.

Yeah the first thing I tried when I started having trouble was a brand new cable and I’ve tried 3 others, no change.

Try connecting to your office network and get that running. That will decipher if it is hardware or not.

Try getting dhcp from your router working on it.

So i have wifi disabled on the computer so it does not interfere, i hooked the ethernet port directly to my router and i can open the internet, i am sending this message from the pc but when i click on network manager in the top corner it says no valid connections even though i clearly am connected

Its possible the 7I96 is bad though its unusual to have a good link (ip a says "UP")
and no communication.

If the card is less that 2 years old its under warranty so can be repaired/replaced