Questions about connecting to the Internet. "wireless" and "networking" might be better tags, depending on the question.
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How to share a wireless connection through ethernet with fixed ip addresses?
I have a macbook with ubuntu quantal running on it and I also have a device with a linux distro (FYI, a raspberry pi*).
I've been trying to set up the device to share my laptop's wireless connection ...
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How to re enable wireless Ubuntu 11.10
Two days before I have disabled the wireless by removing the check mark on "enable wireless"
Now I want to re enable the wireless but when I right click on the network icon on the top of the screen ...
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Ubuntu 12.04 wifi problem
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 on an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop. After install the wifi card is working but when i try to connect to my secured wifi router it will show as connected but no internet ...
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slow download/upload speed in ubuntu 12.10
A few days ago I installed Ubuntu 12.10 and am experiencing slow download/upload speeds.
All my other computers connected via wireless are running fine with their normal 30MB/s down and 5MB/s up, but ...
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Setup firewall: ask user to allow new incoming/outgoing traffic?
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10 and as I know there is already a firewall on any ubuntu system. It's ufw and because I like fancy gui stuff I can use gufw, that's very nice.
Now I would like to configure this ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on chrome book with no internet connection?
I am working on installing Ubuntu onto a chrome book.
AC700 series
MODEL NUMBER: ZGB
I have working wifi using a desktop, an AT&T USB 4G device and a router. I connect to the 4g on the desktop ...
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Why does my internet speed roughly *double* when switching from Ubuntu to Win XP?
From the same Ethernet-socket from the same machine (IBM Thinkpad X41) I get
> 40 Mbps from Win XP
~ 18 Mbps from Ubuntu
Apart from the fact that I'm officially paying for 50 Mbps and that for ...
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How to install/update libnl-1.0pre8 (or later)
I was trying to share my laptop's internet over wireless to use as wi-fi in my android phone. After googling for some time I am now stuck here:
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New router, lost internet (broadcom 43xx driver)
For solution see last comment
The problem:
I just installed a new router today:
D-Link N300 DIR-636L wireless gigabit router
Ethernet (wire) works fine on Ubuntu 12.04 Desktop as well as Ubuntu ...
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Can i make a Bridge to get internet from the wifi on my laptop?
Can i make a bridge to get internet from wifi on my laptop to my desktop PC
with Ethernet cable?
yes?
How?
My laptop is running Win7 and my desktop Ubuntu.
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Online activiation within wine, port 80
I have a program that I simply received as an .exe file. Installation seems to work with wine but it asks to activate the product online. The preset is to use the Internet Explorer settings but as I ...
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Generating Wi-fi for mobile phone from linux [duplicate]
I use ubuntu 12.04 and wish to share its internet with my wi-fi enabled phone.
I know how to use wireless network as hotspot using GUI. But it works only for other laptops. My android phone can't ...
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Problem in connecting Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server to the Internet
I just have setup a ubuntu server 10.04 LTS. But currently I am having problem in connecting to the outside world. I am not able to do wget, apt-get or ping. Here are some relevant details:
$ping ...
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wlan0 gets an IP, but can't access the internet (or ping the router)
I'm using Ubuntu 12.10. I can access the internet without problem at work via wi-fi, and I used to do that at home, but my internet provider changed my modem (which now has a native router) and things ...
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Ubuntu 12.04; Internet connection established, but no access
I've been trying to figure this out for a while and I am unable to do it, even though I've read through a lot of answered questions on this site.
I got a netbook with Ubuntu 12.04 on it. After ...
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Empathy Internet Messaging Error [No reason specified]
Iam using ubuntu 12.10,
Empathy internet Messaging was working fine.
until yestrday i don't the reason it shows error under every email.
with [ No reason Specified ]
why it happened.
and how can i ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 internet connection problem
I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed on an external drive, it recognises that I have an internet connection, but web pages don't load. Thanks!
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how to use proxy server
i wanna know to to setup proxy server in ubuntu 12.04 only to access Internet . in windows i use freegate to access Internet since all Internet sites are blocked by fortiguard web filtering . is ...
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Software Updater won't update, says to check internet. Ubuntu 12.10
I have been getting this error for the last couple of days since I have done a fresh install of Ubuntu 12.10 on my amd64 Hp Pavilion m6 laptop. It says to check Internet but my Internet connection is ...
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Wired internet connection only working when another computer is turned on and connected to same lan
Recently, I came across a very strange problem on my laptop (xubuntu 12.04). I wasn't able to visit any websites and download software via ubuntu software center. In fact my internet didn't work ...
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Very slow Internet on Linux
I'm using Linux 12.04 64 bit, and the Internet connection is very slow.
It is only 3-5 Kbps downloading speed(my usual downloading speed on windows 1-15 Mbps)
I've changed to google dns, the Internet ...
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Transmission causes internet to stop working
I’m getting the same problem has anyone fixed this. Running ubuntu 12.10 and same thing as above. Start computer internet works fine. start bittorent client then connection goes south after 5 to 10 ...
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How do I set up internet connection in VirtualBox? [duplicate]
This question is not duplicate of this, because in my case, internet connection doesn't work on any version of Ubuntu as host (11.04, 12.04,.12.10), and the solution is different too, mine needed ...
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How to distribute internet speed equally
Hi i am using adsl on my internet cafe and is there any way that i can distribute internet speed equally in all computers, is there any program for linux (Ubuntu) and Windows as well control and ...
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Using both wired and wireless ubuntu 12.10 no bonding
i've got an PC running ubuntu 12.10. i have 2 connection: a wired connect to the internet through router A, and the wireless connection to the internet through router B. Now i have try to search the ...
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Upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 on my Dell Inspirion N5010 and now not internet access
I have tried everything I know which isn't a lot. I really enjoy Ubuntu and am stripping windows off all my other systems but can not do it until I have this figured out.
I do really appreciate any ...
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Ubuntu 12.10 recognizes wireless but no internet connection
Can anyone help me with this? I have Ubuntu 12.10 installed and it is even connected to my Wifi but I am unable to go to any web pages in firefox.
edit:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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Cannot get my internet to connect
I own an HP ProBook 4520s laptop which is dual-booted with Windows 8 Pro and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I use a wired PPPoE internet connection, which works fine in Windows. But for the last few days I can't ...
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Ubuntu does not find connection to wireless router
I've installed Ubuntu 12.10, but when I click on:
wireless connections
my router settings couldn't not be found. Does anyone has a solution for this? I can get connection when I start up a wired ...
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How do I force applications to use different internet connections? [duplicate]
I have two data connections. One is a USB Dongle with a high speed, limited data plan. The other is a broadband (over WiFi) slower, but unlimited data plan, connection. I want certain applications ...
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Ubuntu 12.04: Can not accecss internet (ppp0) from Virtualbox guest windows 7
I have Windows 7 as guest OS on my Ubuntu 12.04 host through Virtualbox. I use dial-up connection (ppp0) through a USB dongle on host machine to access Internet. However, when my host is connected to ...
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Wired network speed issues Ubuntu 12.04
I have a laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 and there seems to be a software issue.
I tried installing WICD network manager and I tried a 'sudo service network-manager restart
' and I even updated all of my ...
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WiFi connected, after some time internet stops working
After I load Ubuntu, I can browse internet for some time (minutes - one hour) and than it stops working. I am still connected, but the pages do not load. If I disconnect and reconnect to the WiFi, I ...
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Internet connection issue Ubuntu 12.10
my internet connection does not work properly. I am able to connect to the internet using Software center, but browsing with firefox or chromium does not work.
I've got a wireless usb adapter by ...
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Setting up Ubuntu 12.10 wireless connection on HP dv3
Hello I have just installed Ubuntu 12.10, and after looking around the internet for several hours, I have found many similar questions. but no definite answers.
I am new to linux and I am using an HP ...
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Strange networking problem. Google does not work
Google does not work, like just Google. This is the weirdest error I have ever seen.
Every 20-30 minutes Google stops working in my browser, any other page works. Then in 5-10 minutes, it just comes ...
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How can I share the internet connection via Wi-Fi Direct?
Android doesn't support ad-hoc wireless connections, but it does support a technology I'm not familiar with called Wi-Fi Direct:
How can I use this to access my Ubuntu laptop's internet connection?
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Wifi disconnects when Ethernet connected
I'm using a WiFi connection on Ubuntu 12 and connecting to XP directly via Ethernet cable. I've set the ipv4 settings of the Ubuntu wired connection to:
share with other computers
and restarted. ...
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A moibile phone as a modem problem
I'm having a problem with using my mobile phone as a modem. Sometimes it works and sometimes not.
It seems to depend on whether or not I'm given two options to click on in the network menu in the top ...
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not able to browse internet through wifi, but working fine with ethernet card
Hi I think I can get help from this page...
I am using ubuntu 12.10, I am able to access internet through lan wire, my laptop is also able to search my home router(wifi) and is also properly ...
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Firefox cannot find website servers, what is wrong?
Recently, I tried to access the internet using Firefox. I have a good wifi signal according to the toolbar at the top, but Firefox says "Firefox can't find the server atwww.example.com." I tried ...
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How to check if any background process is utilizing the internet connection?
My internet speed is 4 Mbps. In Windows, I get 2 Mbps download bandwidth, but in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS I only get a maximum of 20 Kbps. Why is it so?
Is there any background process which might be ...
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Installed Ubuntu 12.10 ten minutes ago on HP Dv6000, Wifi doesn't work
I don't have an Internet connection myself, so I can't download the drivers via Ethernet on Ubuntu. Which package should I download from my Windows installation (and transfer to Ubuntu with an USB) to ...
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Why no internet access despite appearing to be connected to wireless network?
I downloaded and burnt Xubuntu 12.10 to a CD and installed.
When installation first started it said that I was connected to the internet but at the next step it let me choose my wireless network and ...
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Huawei-E1750 usb stick does not work on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ( Lucid Lynx)
I have installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Lucid Lynx) on my acer aspire 3002LC laptop.
But my mobile broadband does not work at all. I use a Huawei-E1750 hspa usb stick.
The Huawei-E1750 will not boot any ...
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When I create a new wireless network with a WEP password, what is the username?
I've created a wireless network with WEP protection, and it is visible on my mobile device which I'm trying to connect, but it asks for a USERNAME and password when I try to join. I know what the ...
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virtualbox in Ubuntu host no internet connection
My hair is in fire trying to make Internet connection work in guest OS.
I have Ubuntu 12.10 machine with VirtualBox 4.1.18 installed from Ubuntu Software Center
I set PC-BSD and FreeBSD to work as ...
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how to enable internet with ubuntu 10.04
I have installed UBUNTU 10.04 dual with my windows 8.
but the internet is disabled, both the Ethernet and wireless,
I try this link but when type this commands
sudo apt-get update
there are ...
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Cannot conect to the internet using chromium or firefox
I use Ubuntu 12.10 64 bit. The issue is that I am not able to connect to the internet using browsers. The Software Center is always able to connect (the pictures of apps load). So I do not think that ...
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Wireless issues
I'm having trouble connecting to the wireless network I have in my home. The Network connections list no wireless networks. I've tried to add one, but that doesn't seem to help. Please help me ...
