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Ethernet Card doesn't connect

I have tried multiple gigabit network cards, the latest ST1000BT32 Startech, and two different gigabit routers. The machine refuse to connect and pull an IP address. I've tried different ethernet ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 Upload Speed Slow

I have 2 machines on the same LAN. One downloads and uploads perfectly. The other downloads great, but the upload is painfully slow ~30kb/s. It's using the onboard ethernet port, which I think is a ...
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Slow network speeds GA511 (RTL-8169) 1Gbit adapter

I having troubles with the upload and download speed of my PC card network adapter. The upload speed is around 3.5-4 MB/s and the download is 30MB/s with the r8169 6.017.00 driver from realtek. I have ...
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Connecting windows 8 and ubuntu 12.04

How do I connect Ubuntu and windows 8 using networking cable?Is there any step by step instructions? I tried googling .. but nothing...
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How to setup network on a small LAN

I have a small network with populated with 4 or 5 machines all on the same router. At this time I'm developing software so the router is connected to the internet but when deployed this will be a ...
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Y500 lan device not recognised

I got a Lenovo Y500 and installed 3.5.0-27-generic #46-Ubuntu SMP Mon Mar 25 19:58:17 UTC 2013 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux. The Problem: LAN does not work after sleep. Just WiFi. And WiFi does not ...
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How to fix networking after installing a new CPU/Motherboard?

Upgraded from an AthlonII to an FX-8350. This meant new motherboard/integrated LAN. I can't figure out how to configure the new setup to connect to my network. Any help appreciated. Also, as i ...
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Can I use Wifi and cable (Ethernet) networking at same time?

I am on an intranet that is not connected to the internet and a wifi router with connection to the Internet. When am connected to the router, I can browse the Internet but cannot browse my LAN with my ...
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Cannot set default gateway to specific LAN

Recently, I am trying to add a default gateway to my ubuntu machine to be able to send/receive packets from an another LAN through the router. However, everything I do the result is the following: ...
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Wired internet isn't working

I would really appreciate help on this. Alright, so after searching for while on why Ubuntu wasn't connecting to the internet, someone told me that it may be the chip I had. The only information I ...
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Sharing external HDD from Ubuntu to Windows Vista

My first question over here. I am struggling with getting a share working properly. Please advise whether the logs and prints are viable and what else you may need. I have a pretty-much corrupted ...
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Lose Internet When Connected to Trendnet Ethernet Switch

I just installed Ubuntu 12.10 on about 30 computers at a high school computer lab (and deleted Win XP and Win 7). The problem that I have now is that we are unable to access the internet over our ...
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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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Cannot set up LAN internet connection

I just installed both current versions 12.04 and 12.10 of Ubuntu (not simultaneously) and i could not set up an internet connection. The ethernet port on my computer doens't light up when i'm in ...
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How to play LAN in Minecraft with one person using Ubuntu 12.10 and the other using Windows 8? [closed]

Minecraft now has an option to set up a LAN server in game. So me and my friend hook up our laptop together using a cross-over cable to play LAN. However my laptop runs Minecraft horribly in Windows 8 ...
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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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How to Backup over LAN

In 12.04 LTS I would like to get grsync to back up to another Ubuntu PC's hard drive. In Nautilus file manager I can connect to the other PCs OK. How do I address another PC's hard drive in Grsync or ...
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Can Ubuntu PC be router for small business?

Can I use PC with Ubuntu Linux to work as router for small company? I'm not an expert in networking so I'm interested what would be pros and cons with such setup, comparing to Cisco Small Business ...
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Possible DNS issues, web pages not loading, “Server Not Found” on all browsers

Being pretty new to Unbuntu, linux in general, I've still attempted to solve this problem myself without making a new account before I had much knowledge of the issue. Occasionally I will have slow ...
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Conn to internet via LAN PPPoE [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Setting up a pppoe connection in Ubuntu? I installed Ubuntu 12.10 today along with Windows. On Windows I am connected to LAN (My internet comes through a ethernet ...
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Internet does not work continuously after upgrading from 11.04 to 11.10

I upgraded from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10 but this resulted in some internet problem in my pc. Whenever I connect it to some network, internet works fine for some time and then stops working for some time ...
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Why can't I connect to my network via wired DHCP connection?

I am trying to connect to the LAN of the university where I work, on a wired connection. The Internet is accessed by VPN after connecting to the network. On Windows 7, the computer seems to ...
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Failure of LAN Driver on Ubuntu 12.10 installed on Toshiba Satelite C850-P5010

I bought a new laptop Toshiba Satelite C850-P5010.After installing Ubuntu 12.10,failed to connect to Internet using an external modem. I connected the modem (beetel 110TC1) to the LAN port the PC led ...
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Network Bonding

I am still new to Linux Ubuntu and I wanted to know if it is possible to bond a LAN and Wireless internet connection when both of them use static IP addresses. My current information is: LAN: ...
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Wired connection to windows ISC stopped working

I have had my Linux box connected to the internet through a Windows computer by wiring them together with a cat5 cable then the Windows is connected wireless to a router. This setup has worked since ...
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LAN port suddenly stopped working

I have Ubuntu 12.04. My LAN port was working well and good till yesterday when I shut down my system. When I wanted to use my laptop today the wired network was not being detected. When the port works ...
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Wired connection shows as disconnected on a Sony Vaio VPCEH26EN

I have a Sony VAIO VPCEH26EN laptop that I have installed Ubuntu 12.04 on. This is a dual boot system. The problem is that it is not detecting the wired LAN; it keeps showing as disconnected. ...
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How do I set up a LAN game?

I'd like to play freeciv on my local area network over a wireless router. I can get the freeciv server up and running, and the client will connect to the server if I run it off of the same computer. ...
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“connection not visible or not available” after switch DSL to LAN

I had a company computer(ubuntu 12.04LTS) taken home. My home use DSL and my company use LAN to connect to internet. The computer works well in my company, but I have to config it after taken home. I ...
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Why can't I get a wired connection to my new router?

I have only had ubuntu for about a month, when i got it i had no problem connecting to our netgear router using an ethernet cable. We have just replaced our router with an identical one (due to ...
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setup a lan without internet

I have 2 networks in my house. The wireless one evryone uses and my own wired network with a switch in my room. To this network I connect a desktop, netbook and my Iomega Iconnect. The only reason ...
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Connecting 2 ubuntu machines as a LAN

Hi i am trying to connect 2 ubuntu computers as a LAN. In my current setup I have: One machine running ubuntu 11.10 with Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8101E/RTL8102E PCI Express Fast Ethernet ...
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How to access second disk locally and over LAN

I have just added a second 1TB HD to my Ubuntu box and I can see it listed when I run blkid. But how do I reference it so I can use it as local storage share it on my LAN
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Regulating outgoing traffic on a virtual machine? [closed]

I am making a virtual network setup for my high school cybersecurity team to practice. I am connecting all the VMs together through a VPN and then people who are practicing will VPN in and ssh/remote ...
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How can I setup SSH so that it is restricted to my local network?

I'm trying to link my new laptop running 11.10 to my old laptop running 8.04 through my router using SSH. This question is asked and answered on ubuntuforums here: ...
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How to disable/disconnect LAN cable during startup

How to keep my LAN (Ethernet) connection disabled during startup.. Coz when I login to system it is automatically enabled i dont want that due to some security reason. Want howto in both ubuntu ...
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Cannot ping/ssh computers in LAN (including gateway) but can still access the internet

Hello people from AskUbuntu: As the title says, even though I can access the internet, for some reason, I can't ssh/ping computers in my LAN. In addition, only computers from outside the LAN can ssh ...
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ssh'ing into my ubuntu machine from another computer on the same wi-fi access point

I would like to copy some large files (photos & video from a vacation) from a mac to an ubuntu machine, over the home wi-fi router that they're both connected to. I've got sshd set up on the ...
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I have a laptop, can I use Wifi and cable (Ethernet) networking at same time?

I have an intranet without connection to the Internet, and then I have WiFi with connection to the Internet. Can I make a configuration that makes it possible to be connected to the Internet through ...
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problem with “wired connection”

I have windows and ubuntu installed on two partitions. I was having ubuntu 11.10 till now, where in I never had any issue with the wired network connectivity. When I click on the network icon on the ...
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Ubuntu 2 network card ip forwarding

I want to make "Ubuntu 11.10" as a router. I have two lan interfaces. Let say interface A ip's is 172.16.1.10 and interface B ip's is 192.168.1.10. How to configure Ubuntu so that 172.16.1.1 can ...
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wired connection not being recognised in ubuntu 10.04 lts

I have windows7 installed on my C drive and ubuntu 10.04 lts on my D drive. When I plud the lan cable (ethernet cable) onto the ethernet card of my laptop, windows7 identifies the network correctly ...
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Servers running from chrooted Ubuntu on HP TouchPad?

The problem: servers appear to be broken inside my Ubuntu chroot. No matter what kind of server I try to run, they all seem unresponsive (VLC server won't respond to client, mkRemote doesn't move the ...
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Unable to connect to the Internet via LAN despite the connection showing as established

I have installed Ubuntu 11.10. I am facing a problem connecting via LAN. We have a firewalled network. After entering static IP, gateway, DNS, etc., it shows connection as established but we are ...
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Connect Ubuntu to other PC with direct (crossover) cable

Ubuntu 11.04 (PC-1) is connected to PC-2 (Windows XP) with LAN cable (crossover direct cable) Internet access is through USB wireless modem accessing router in separate room If I boot in Windows 7 ...
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How do I turn off WLAN automatically when LAN is connected?

I use my Thinkpad laptop with a docking station. The docking station is connected to my router via LAN. When I walk around the house I use my laptop with WLAN. Is it possible (and how) to manage ...
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LAN between 2 Ubuntu 11.04 OS installed computers

I have installed Ubuntu 11.04 on 2 of my desktops PC's. I have not installed any addon packages or anything related to network. Please guide my on how to set up a LAN between these two machines. is ...
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Use two networks at the same time?

I want to use Ubuntu 10.10 Server in a classroom, a computer lab whose bandwidth is provided by a local cable ISP. That's no problem, though the school network has an IP printer that I want to use. I ...
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LAN visibility and network sharing

I have two Ubuntu machines with wifi network cards configured as DHCP interfaces. machine1: inet addr:192.168.168.105 Bcast:192.168.168.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 Gateway: 192.168.168.252 machine2: ...
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How to setup a local network over the CAT5 cable?

I use Wifi to connect to the internet, and want to interconnect the two machines I am using so that it is easy to transfer files I can copy from one machine and use the same buffer on another ...