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NetworkManager tries to connect to random wireless networks that it hasn't used before
If NetworkManager can't connect to one of the networks that I've set up for automatic connections, it will start what appears to me to be randomly picking nearby networks and trying to connect to ...
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Configure “Link-Local Only” without NetworkManager?
I have two computers, each of which I want to connect to a camera that communicates via "Link-Local" Ethernet.
The first computer has a full install of 12.10. I can get the camera communicating by ...
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cannot ftp even when using bridge network and host only in virtualbox?
hi i am using virtual box with bridged network..i can ssh to the guess machine and ftp from the guest machine to the host but not the other way around. i am using ubuntu on both of the machines. i can ...
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Sharing internet connection via wifi
I am trying to share my internet connection via wifi on Kubuntu. In network manager I created a new shared connection, set an SSID and a password, left everything else untouched. It showed in a list ...
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Wired network works in live CD but not after installation
Live CD and installation have working network connection.
But after installing, the network connection is offline; it won't connect! No automatic configuration, aka DHCP doesn't work.
Static ...
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Wicd requires network card password [duplicate]
I have Ubuntu 13.04, and I don't like how the default network manager manages my networks. I really like the way Wicd does though, but when I installed it from the Ubuntu Software Center, and tried to ...
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Huawei EC156 modem no longer detected after disconnected
I have just installed Ubuntu 13.04 Raring. Now I'm facing a problem with my Huawei EC156 modem.
At first it will work properly but it will disapear from network-manager if the modem is disconnected ...
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How to configure 12.04.2 network without being connected?
When I use the "Network" tool from the "System Settings" application, it won't let me configure the wired interface unless the cable is attached and "live".
I want to move machines from one network ...
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how to check network card bonding speed in ubuntu 10.04
I have Ubuntu 10.04 install DELL R710 server
I have configured the network bonding using the below steps
sudo apt-get install ifenslave
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vi ...
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Wireless n-networks in Ubuntu 13.04 and WICD
I just installed Ubuntu 13.04 on my Lenovo E530 laptop, and found myself having trouble connecting to the company's wireless network which uses the n-standard. I have no trouble connecting to ...
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Fickle Wifi on SonicWall routers
I'm having trouble connecting to some SonicWall routers in Ubuntu (but it sadly works fine in Windows). Oddly enough, it will occasionally connect and allow me to use the internet as usual, but it ...
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OpenVPN fails to connect
I have posted a previous question about getting OpenVPN connected as a client (OpenVPN fails from Network Manager, seems to connect from terminal, but no traffic to or from target network) but no ...
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NetworkManager run script before connection based on SSID
Is it possible to have NetworkManager run a script before it connects to a wifi network and pass the SSID of the network to the script (or just execute a script based on SSID)? I'm switching back from ...
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I removed Gnome desktop envirment then I am not able to connect to the network
Hello everyone i just removed gnome and installed both kde and xfce, everything is okay but i can't connect to the network, there is no Network manager in both enviroment because i already removed ...
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how do I get dhclient to start when I login and start as root?
I've messed up my ubuntu. I uninstalled something that network-manager depended on and now I have to start the dhclient manually every time I log in. I've got a script that does the sudo dhclient eth0 ...
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The new Ubuntu upgrade (13.04) wont let me connect to wi-fi [duplicate]
Ever since I upgraded Ubuntu to 13.04 I haven't been able to connect to any wi-fi. I could connect to wi-fi with every version of Ubuntu till this one. When I click on network manager the "Enable ...
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Cannot connect to WiFi with Ubuntu 12.04
I have a Dell Latitude E6410 that I cannot get to connect to a specific WPA-Personal Wireless network when Ubuntu 12.04 is installed.
What is strange, is that when I have 11.10 (32-bit) installed ...
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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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Automatically mount/umount sshfs on vpn-up and vpn-down
this problem is really frustrating me. I have the following script to mount/unmount a sshfs upon a vpn connection (vpn-up) and vpn-down. I have this script in /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/ ...
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How can I restrict users fom changing network settings and adding new connection using network manager?
I want to restrict users from changing network settings like changing IP address of the system and adding new connections,
I have removed administrator rights from the user and user is not able to ...
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Network Manager Fails to Maintain A Long-Term Connection on 802.11x Networks
I'm good with bugs, but I can't remain connected to an 802.11x Enterprise grade network. It uses Tunneled TLS authentication, with PAP inner authentication.
It will connect, but then go and randomly ...
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Why can't Xubuntu 12.04.2 connect to my hidden WPA/WPA2 personal protected wifi network?
I can connect to wi-fi networks that don't have any security without an issue, but when I try to connect to my home wi-fi, I cannot connect.
After a failed attempt to connect, I notice that my ...
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Problem with network connection
Yesterday I installed the latest version of Ubuntu on an old working computer (At.XP2200/32bit). Unfortunately, the network connection of the PC is not working and I have no clue why.
During the ...
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12.04, 12.10: NetworkManager fails to autoconfigure IPv6
Yep, precisely as the subject line says. In LAN in question we've tried Mac OS X, Windows 7, Ubuntu and ArchLinux. Everything except Ubuntu (what a shame!) works flawlessly, i. e. gets an IP(v6). ...
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Wireless networks cannot be detected after uninstalling and re-installing the Network Manager
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 and I accidentally uninstalled the Network Manager. But after re-installing it, I can no longer get any wireless network. Before that, a number of wireless networks were ...
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How to connect to ad-hoc wireless network
How do you connect to an ad-hock wireless network in Ubuntu 12.04?
I have two laptops, each running Ubuntu 12.04. On one, I've disabled Network Manager and I configured a WEP-encrypted ad-hoc ...
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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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Networkmanager OpenVPN problem
I'm trying to set up an OpenVPN connection and I've imported the correct .opvn file and provided the username and password. I don't have a CA certificate so I left this field with the default option . ...
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How to use VPN over manually set up network bridge (with the primary interface unmanaged by NetworkManager)?
I've set up a network bridge which I'm using to connect KVM virtual machines on my desktop to my home network; I' ve don this the manual way by creating the bridge in /etc/network/interfaces (the way ...
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How to prevent non-root user from changing IP address and network parameters?
As I wrote in subject - How to prevent non-root user from changing IP address and network parameters?
It's on Ubuntu 12.04.
I followed instructions on Sitepoint's link ...
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How can I get the protocol used by network interface
i wander know how to get the protocol used by the network interface
I have established two vpn connection to remote gateway, one is base on pptp protocol, the other is base on l2tp protocol.
and ...
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Disable network manager password prompt after reconnect due to connection problem
I want to avoid any password prompt from Ubuntu (12.04) network manager. I just want that the application works silently with the network and password that I gived to it and prompt for password just ...
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How to stop NetworkManager?
Is there any way to stop NetworkManager applet and switch to manual configuration of /etc/network/interfaces?
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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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Cisco AnyConnect VPN Client broke my internet
I was using the AnyConnect client when it froze and I had to do a hard reboot of my computer. Now I can't connect to the internet at all, with or without VPN. The Network Connections manager seems to ...
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Problem linking WLAN to Ethernet
So I've been trying to use a laptop who's wifi card doesn't work properly, by using a Lenovo V570 laptop with Ubuntu 12.04 to bridge the two networks. I changed my ethernet network to "Shared to other ...
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Unable to connect to router and tried installing wicd-daemon but got error
I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 as a dual boot option along with windows 7. I am able to connect to my router when running windows 7 but not in ubuntu. I tried manually configuring it by entering my ...
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USB WiFi adapter Ralink rt2870 12.10
I have a generic USB WiFi n mini adapter Ralink rt2870. Network manager lists is but won't connect.I also have a Linksys wpc600n express card adapter that I am currently using with no connection ...
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Networking Disabled under VMWare Fusion on Mac OS X
I use MacBook with Mac OS X Lion 10.7.5. I have installed VMWare Fusion 5.0.2, under which Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04 LTS have been installed as virtual machines. Under Ubuntu vmware-tools-distrib ...
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In Wired Connection settings save option is getting grayed out
Each time I switch to manual configuration, of wired connection in Ubuntu 12.10, the save button gets grayed out. As soon as I start setting it in Manually, it gets grayed out.Please help !
One ...
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Can't connect to Windows pptp server via ubuntu
I created a normal PPTP server in windows using network connections window. I can connect to the server using a windows client without any problem, But when it comes to Ubuntu, connection fails.
This ...
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selectively route traffic in split-VPN 12.04
I often work remotely. I use the Network Manager to set up my VPN connection, which has worked pretty well. The VPN I have set up currently using the Password with Certificates (TLS) type. What I ...
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Change OpenVPN client's default route
When setting up a test openvpn client on Ubuntu (using this guide), the client sets a route which tunnels all traffic through the vpn.
For example, when I connect to the vpn from Ubuntu, this is what ...
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NetworkManger said wireless disabled by hardware switch, but connections can be made manually
the network manager told me "Wireless is disabled by hardware switch"
the rfkill shows there is no soft or hard lock on my wireless card.
i managed to connect to wifi manaully by using ...
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Wireless Network Connection is active & connected, but Enable Wireless Options is uncheck strangely
I think this is bug. Because Wireless Network is weird (Enable Wireless should checked).
How to fix this?
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How to setup a static IP for network-manager in Virtual Box on Ubuntu Server
Hi there is anyone familiar with the non-gui version of ubuntus network Manager?
I'd like to set up a static IP with it in virtualbox without touching the file /etc/network/interfaces.
IP: ...
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Is ubuntu support the weak host model?
I have checked some drafts which say all linux support the weak host model.But when I try to use it,I find it doesn't.So I want to ask whether Ubuntu support the weak host model or not？How to open and ...
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Setting proxy variables automatically for different Network Profiles [duplicate]
I have two network profiles for wired connections in the network manager:
1. Home_Lan--> automatic dhcp requires No Proxy
2. Hostel_Lan--> manual ip settings requires an automatic proxy url
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How to prevent ubuntu from connecting to wifi hotspots automatically
Note: this question is distinct from "How to disable automatically connecting to WiFi?", as I do not wish to disable automatic WiFi connection in general.
Problem: The Ubuntu WiFi module connects ...
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PPTP VPN connects via NM but goes down during SSH connection
I setup a VPN PPTP connection via network manager and it connects correctly (I see the lock near the notification icon and the message "Vpn connection has been successfully...")
As soon as I try to ...
