Same problem here on a fresh Kubuntu 8.10 install.
Hand-editing
1) /etc/network/interfaces (for the IP address and the gateway), and 2) /etc/resolv.conf (for DNS)
solved it for me (at least until next reboot).
Same problem here on a fresh Kubuntu 8.10 install.
Hand-editing
1) /etc/network/ interfaces (for the IP address and the gateway), and
2) /etc/resolv.conf (for DNS)
solved it for me (at least until next reboot).