Ubuntu – Server wont connect to network; cannot find device eth0

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ive looked through several of posts here on related issues and the attempts ive made all seem to lead to the same result, that eth0 is not configured or discoverable.

i have a new 17.04 server, on a laptop which had successful wifi connection. wifi light wont come on. when i ping google, it says 'name or service not known'. have no wired access to connect to until tomorrow. i do have a live usb of the installer available to boot into recovery mode if that would help.

some results so far;

sudo ifup eth0

results;

internet systems consortorium DHCP client 4.3.5.
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can not find device "eth0"
error getting hardware address for "eth0": no such device
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failed to bring up eth0

also;
sudo ifdown eth0
results
ifdown:interface eth0 not configured

also;
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
result;
eth0 error while getting interface flags: no such device

some shots from other results;

interfaces file

also the above photo i added the lines "#the primary network interface, auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp"

also photo from ifconfig -a

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also sorry im not knowledgeable of networking really

Best Answer

I suggest that you edit the file /etc/network/interfaces to replace the eth0 entry with wlp3s0 and add the SSID and encryption details, like this:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto wlp3s0
iface wlp3s0 inet dhcp
wpa-ssid <your_router>
wpa-psk <your_wpa_key>

So that you can ssh and ftp into it, I actually recommend a static address, not DHCP, however, let's get connected first and then proceed.

Reboot and tell us if you are connected:

ping -c3 www.ubuntu.com

EDIT:

If you wish to use ethernet as you indicated in your comments, then the sequence is:

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto enp2s0f0
iface enp2s0f0 inet dhcp

Reboot.

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