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No MAC address on a new Raspberry Pi ?

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Hello,

 

I an new to the Raspberry Pi. I have just received an new Raspberry Pi in a case, with wireless keyboard and Wi-Pi adapter.

 

I am using  a cell phone charger rated at 5V 1A to power the system.

When I boot the Pi with either Ethernet cable or the Wi-Pi adapter I cannot connect to the internet. I've tested the Ethernet cable on another computer and it works.

In the Raspberry Pi settings it shows a MAC address of 00-00-00-00-00-00 (with Ethernet or Wi-Pi adapter). Is this to be expected? I would have expected the adapter (Ethernet or Wi-Pi) to have a MAC address.


Could it be the power supply not supplying enough power to power the network adapter?

 

How do I start a shell window on the Raspberry Pi?


Thanks in advance.

Mark

 

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    Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions.

     

    I did two things. I bought another charger, this new one rated at 5 volts & 2 Amps and I downloaded and created a Pidora SD card for the Pi.

     

    Initially the Pidora boot wouldn't connect the internet - but in the Ethernet settings for the connection (cabled connection) I cloned the MAC address it found into the settings.

     

    At that point we had a thunderstorm and the nearest broadband cabinent - believe or not - was hit by lightning!! Dead for 24 hours while most of its insides were replaced. Better that than my computers.

     

    After the internet was restored I restarted the Pi-Pidora system, told the router about the MAC address and the Pi was on the net!!!

     

    Conclusion - probably the original power supply wasn't 1 Amp even though  it claimed so, and they system wasn't powering the Ethernet port.

     

    Thanks again.

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    Thanks everyone for your helpful suggestions.

     

    I did two things. I bought another charger, this new one rated at 5 volts & 2 Amps and I downloaded and created a Pidora SD card for the Pi.

     

    Initially the Pidora boot wouldn't connect the internet - but in the Ethernet settings for the connection (cabled connection) I cloned the MAC address it found into the settings.

     

    At that point we had a thunderstorm and the nearest broadband cabinent - believe or not - was hit by lightning!! Dead for 24 hours while most of its insides were replaced. Better that than my computers.

     

    After the internet was restored I restarted the Pi-Pidora system, told the router about the MAC address and the Pi was on the net!!!

     

    Conclusion - probably the original power supply wasn't 1 Amp even though  it claimed so, and they system wasn't powering the Ethernet port.

     

    Thanks again.

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