Ethernet is a way of connecting computers together in a local area network or LAN.

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Cannot connect to ethernet with wired connection Ubuntu 12.10

I am new to Ubuntu (installed Ubuntu 12.10 desktop on my Mac Mini today from Ubuntu iso – mac mini had blank SSD on it i.e. no OS X at all). First drama is that Ubuntu installer seems to be setup for ...
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Why doesn't Ubuntu automatically disable wireless networking when a wired connection is active?

When I have Wireless enabled and plug in my Ethernet cable, the wireless connection stays active, even when the wireless and wired connections are through the same network. I'm aware of this question ...
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How do I share my wireless connection via a wired cable?

Im trying to share the wireless from my netbook eeepc to my desktop computer that does not have any wifi, it can run internet through a cable connected to my internet router but im wondering if there ...
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wired network not working DELL 17R SE

Wired Network not working; it shows connected to network but I get no Internet access..! System DELL 17R SE Output of lspci -nnk | grep -iEA3 "(network|ethernet|wireless|broadcom)" lspci -nnk | grep ...
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How to trouble-shoot ethernet port on laptop

I have problem with my wired connection. To be more specific my laptop doesn't seems to "see" that I have plugged in a Ethernet cable on it. I tried to download new drivers for my Ethernet card but ...
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There's probably an Ethernet error here

I use an Acer Aspire One D255E With Windows 7 Ultimate and Ubuntu running on it 1.66 ghz 1gb RAM Intel Atom and I'm using a Globe Wimax connected to a TP-Link Wireless Router I think I have ...
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Shared internet connection - console equvalent

I know how to share ethernet connection (bridged with wifi) with Network Manager GUI. Now I'm trying to do the same from console (Ubuntu server 12.04). The steps I did for now: Connected to wifi via ...
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Why won't Ubuntu use my ethernet cable?

I have Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and for some reason, Ubuntu will not use an Ethernet cord. It will recognize it and say that I have a connection, but it won't access the internet through it. I plan to use ...
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What is the Ethernet driver in Ubuntu 12.10?

I have been asked by the IT people at my work to uninstall and reinstall my Ethernet driver in order to try and fix a connection problem. When looking in Software Centre, I find those packages when ...
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Ethernet Connection Very Slow

I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 on my Compaq laptop with the following network cards: *-network description: Ethernet interface product: MCP77 Ethernet vendor: NVIDIA Corporation ...
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Kernel freeze when writing a e1000 driver

I am writing a network driver for the e1000 card. While doing the receive part, I saw that the kernel freezes whenever it reaches the netif_rx(skb) call. I was able to reproduce the same error when ...
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No network on Ubuntu Server after changing the modem

I upgraded my Internet connection, and after changing the Modem my Ubuntu Server's eth0 doesn't come up. I looked at /etc/netwrork/interfaces, it looks all normal eth0 is set to auto and dhcp # The ...
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Sony Vaio E series wired network disconnection problem on Ubuntu 12.04

I have a Sony Vaio E-14115 with dual boot - Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I have a weird problem with my wired connection. The connection gets frequently disconnected when I'm on battery power (no ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit doesn't recognize my Ethernet adapter (onboard ASUS P8H77-V)

I have an ASUS P8H77-V motherboard with two vertex ocz 128G drives. I have Windows 7 installed and running perfectly (you may refrain from comments about that being an oxymoron ;)). There are no ...
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Wired ethernet on a Mac mini 2012 with Ubuntu 12.10 problem

I have a issue with a late mac mini 6.1 2012 Ubuntu: 12.10 Kernel: 3.5.0-25 generic lspci -nnk | grep -i net -a3: 00:1f.3 SMBus [0c05]: Intel Corporation 7 Series/C210 Series Chipset Family SMBus ...
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Intel Pro 1000 GT Quad Port and Ubuntu 12.10

I installed Ubuntu 12.10 server 64 bit and the install recognizes I have the right Ethernet devices but here is the problem. The on board eth0 and eth1 show up first and the Intel Pro 1000 GT Quad ...
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How do I install the correct Ethernet driver?

So I’m new with Ubuntu, and I'm having huge problems installing the Ethernet driver to get the wired connection to work. I read that downloading the compatible wireless driver will get it to work, ...
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12.04.2 - after the last update my qualcomm atheros gigabit ethernet driver is lost

after the last update the driver is lost. I have tried hard (several nights) to get it running. Now with the last update it's gone. Any thoughts why this is not supported natively? What is the best ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 - Not recognizing Atheros AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet

I built my own computer about a month ago and loaded Windows 7 on it, and then decided to put Ubuntu 12.04 on instead. It doesn't recognize my ethernet cable, and I cannot get any internet ...
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Why can't I see my LAN network with Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H?

I can't connect via Ethernet cable to my Linksys WRTSL554GS router. I think my mobo, a Gigabyte GA-H77-DS3H does not have Wi-Fi so I don't have that option either. When I do a ifconfig this is what ...
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A number of questions from a brand new User [closed]

I've been going on forum after forum looking for some help with these issues, but have found nothing to help me at all. Every time I thought I found something that could help, it's either written so ...
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Network adapter not recognized after Ubuntu 12.10 installation

After I installed Ubuntu 12.10 on my pc my onboard network adapter is not recognized anymore. During the installation and after the first boot everything worked fine. But after a reboot the network ...
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ubuntu 12.10 Ethernet adapter fails after random time

ethtool shows: driver: r8169 version: 2.3LK-NAPI firmware-version: rtl8168e-3_0.0.4 03/27/12 bus-info: 0000:04:00.0 supports-statistics: yes supports-test: no supports-eeprom-access: no ...
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Why are Ethtool WOL settings reset on startup?

I installed ethtool and ran ethtool -s eth1 wol g to allow my server (ubuntu 12.04) to wake up on LAN (WOL). This setting is for some reason reset every startup, so I added the above command to ...
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eth0 disapeared, replaced by lxcbr0

I am currently taking care of a friend's computer, unfortunately she can't tell me what went wrong so I can only give you the facts of what's there right now. There is no eth0 connection, but ...
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How do I connect to internet via Ethernet? [closed]

Can someone please give some advice on a step-by-step way to configure my Ubuntu to connect to the internet via ethernet?
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Ubuntu 11.10 - Can't connect to internet via WiFi when I connect my ethernet to another network

I have a slight problem. My internet is working fine via WiFi, however the moment I plug in my ethernet cable to my ethernet NIC the internet stops working. The WiFi adapter is set to DHCP and the ...
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Ubuntu 12.04.1 LTS network connection issue

With linux kernel version 3.2.0.37, the ethernet connection is not working. After reverting back to an earlier version 3.2.0.32, ethernet works fine. Any idea why?
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no eth0 in Ubuntu 12.10, wired connection not working

so this is what ifconfig says: lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 ...
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mellanox connectx adapter and ubuntu 12.10

I have a mellanox connectx adapter and ubuntu 12.10. Where is the eth port for this nic? does it have another name? What is the ethernet device name for this nic?
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How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS?

I have a motherboard with this ethernet controller, lspci shows this: 03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet (rev 08) Subsystem: ASUSTeK Computer ...
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Lag spikes and missing n standard for Wireless connection with BROADCOM BCM4327

i have a laptop aspire 5750G with the Broadcom BCM4327. I have enabled proprietary drivers and installed it but there are some problems: First: If i do iwconfig eth2 this is the result: eth2 ...
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Why is my eth0 interface not detected when installing Snort?

I am trying to install Snort on Ubuntu Server in VMware. It works fine before the setting up network cards. I've edited /etc/network/interfaces with the following data: #######Primary address auto ...
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No Onboard Lan driver is found by command ifconfig -a

I got a onboard LAN adapter (Realtek RTL 8101E) but when I type the ifconfig -a command only local loopback is showed on the result but not eth0 or eth1. I have checked with list device by sudo lshw ...
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How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? - update

I checked How do I install drivers for the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet controller? I have same problem: when I pasted this part wget -O- ...
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Cannot setup 1 Gbit ethernet connection

I'm using Kubuntu 12.10. My router operate at 1Gbit connection with my other PC, I have 1Gbit ethernet card, cable is cat5e and can't setup 1Gbit ethernet connection. Only 100Mbit/s. lspci|grep ...
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How to configure preferred network for internet?

I am connected to a LAN network and wireless network. Both provide access to internet. Sometimes when the internet on LAN is not working, the browser simply throws an exception instead of switching ...
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Problem installing ethernet and wireless driver in ubuntu 12.10

My laptop is Dell Inspiron 14R. My ethernet and wireless controllers are: Atheros AR8162 Fast Ethernet [1969:1090] (rev 10) Network Controller Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n [14e4:4365] (rev 01) ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 will only connect through ethernet [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: How to Install Broadcom / STA Wireless card (BCM43XX) I recently installed Ubuntu 12.10 on a friend's laptop but I'm having trouble getting it to work with his router ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 not recognising Atheros AR8161 ethernet card

I am currently dual booting Windows 8 and Ubuntu 12.10 on my laptop. When I boot Ubuntu the ethernet connection doesn't connect, and as a result I can't get an internet connection. When I boot in ...
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Ethernet connection connected on boot yet no internet access

When I boot Ubuntu 12.10, it says that the wired connection is being used, but it says the network is disconnected. When I disable Network Connections and then re-enable them, the wired connection ...
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12.10: ethernet device is not created on boot

I have a problem with my wired interface - an appropriate device for it is just not created at boot. What is strange about it is that it never gets enabled on boot, but is always created after a ...
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Network Connection to the Intenet working strange

Internet Connection Problem On Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit running on a AMD Athlon II X2 processor on a wired connection to the internet via Dlink Dir-857 and a Cable Modem both Firefox and Chrome cannot ...
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Ethernet / WiFi problem, can't surf the web

I'm an old Windows user, and this is only my third day using Ubuntu, so I'm having a hard time understanding most of the terms in the forums. My problems: My computer doesn't recognize an Ethernet ...
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How to sync files on 2 computers using an ethernet cable (offline)

I have a laptop running Ubuntu 12.04 and a netbook running Ubuntu 12.10. I want to sync some folders from my laptop on my netbook, connecting them with an ethernet cable. Both computers are offline ...
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USB ethernet adapter: 'Cable unplugged' message while plugged in

I have an Acer Travelmate C110 with Ubuntu 11.10. There's a built in network card, when I connect the cable to it everything works fine (mail, internet,...). I now bought a USB ethernet adapter. (It ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 no network devices detected

I installed ubuntu 12.10 on my Dell Vostro 3460 and no network devices are detected (ethernet and wireless). when I run lspic, I see: 1:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM43142 ...
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Configure ubuntu with two network adapters and a switch

After 4 hours of trying to configure this I'm getting mad. I've the next setup: eth0: is the on board lan adapter and this one connect directly to a switch. eth1: is the lan adapter (pci card) that ...
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What package should I install for driver of the Atheros AR8161 Ethernet Controller without net?

I've read in this Question that a new package exists for this driver. But I am confused. There are a lot of packages and I don't know which one do I need. I have a DellVostro-3460, Ubuntu 12.10, ...
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Atheros AR8161 Ethernet card not working on 12.10 on an ASUS N56VM

I have installed Ubuntu 12.10 (64bits) (3.5.0-18 kernel) on an ASUS N56VM and the ethernet card isn't working. Wireless card works okay. The card is Atheros Communications Inc. AR8161 Gigabit Ethernet ...