Ubuntu 16.04 ~ new install, working but now no internet connection since local connection

Question

I've setup a new box with Ubuntu 16.04, and everything was working fine but now I can't connect to the internet and gnome-software won't load either. Apparently there may be a bug to do with gnome-software, but also since connecting my box with my macbook to exchange data locally this has happened.

ifconfig is displaying enp3s0, and I can't ping www.google.com.

If anyone has any idea how to fix this or what the issue is I would be most grateful.

Answer 1

In the end I just went to Network Connections and added a new ethernet connection, then deleted the connection that I was not able to access the internet with. A bit hacky, but was a solution atleast.