Re: apt-get failing

See if you can get out to google.com with your browser and if you do so, have your browser refresh the page and see if the google.com page comes up again. If it doesn't you've either got a modem needing updating or another internet connectivity problem. you could try dhclient -r && ifconfig eth0 -promisc && dhclient and see if your network comes up. Then try apt-get update again to see what happens. Same failure, your modem may need updating of software and/or firmware.

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