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Wi-FI not working on ASUS U56E on Ubuntu 13.04

I don't think this is a huge problem because it seemed to be an easy fix for Ubuntu 11 and 12 so now I'm using 13.03 and cannot find a solution to my Wi-Fi problem. My lap-top can find all the ...
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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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How can I write user given values into the network/interfaces file using an Sh Script

How to write a shellscript that asks the user to provide Network information and write it down to /etc/network/interfaces
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How to reconnect automatically to a wireless gateway connection that expires after some time?

I would like to connect to the Wi-Fi gateway of my university campus as soon as it stops using the command line and making a script. This connection can be established by entering the following ...
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Bash Script to set “system wide” proxy settings [duplicate]

I am wondering if there is a command (or series of commands) that would do the same thing as network-network proxy-apply system wide. I believe I can export a variable, but I think that that button ...
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How do I run a simple Zenity script after disconnecting from WiFi?

I am running Kubuntu 12.10 64bit. I am trying to get a bash script to execute when I am disconnected from the network. I created a file in the folder /etc/network/if-down.d/ called test which has a ...
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Bash script won't stay open in background after running through while

I can't get the following bash script to stay open after the first message is received from NC: #!/bin/bash port=3333 nc -l $port | while read msg; do notify-send Alert "$msg"; done After the first ...
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How do I delay Upstart's net-device-up signal until a condition is met?

I need to wait for a specific condition to be met a network interface is considered "up". Upstart is sending its net-device-up signal before this condition is met, which cases the scripts that depend ...
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Can i change the network section of my conky to support my wifi?

So I've been having fun with setting up my new conky which I downloaded recently (i'm running Ubuntu 12.04). I am having a problem with the section of the conky which measures network parameters. ...
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Run script, when network interface up [closed]

Ubuntu 11.10. I need to run script, when wlan0 interface up. I have tried this: /etc/network/if-up.d/if-up-wlan0 /etc/init/script.conf /etc/NetworkManager/dispatcher.d/01ifupdown All entries runs ...
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How do I decrease the timeout on ifup?

I'm writing a shell script that brings up an Ethernet interface (configured for DHCP) to determine whether it's connected to a network. If it isn't, I'd like to be able to report in a timely manner ...
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How to copy files to multiple hosts across the network?

I have more than 200 Ubuntu systems to which I want to copy a file. How can I copy files to multiple hosts across the network? What possibilities do I have? Note: This question is related to How to ...
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Call script after connecting to a wireless network

Is there a way for me to call a shell script once I connect to a specific wireless network? Reason I want to do this is I have to login to the network before I can start using it and I would like to ...
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Script to dial 3g link in case network is down?

I want to set up an Ubuntu router with automatic fail-over to a 3G link. I can probably set up routing and link aggregation, but I don't know how to monitor link status and dial the 3G link in case it ...
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How to Write a Shell Script to Move Files from FTP Server to Network Share Drive

I have customers who upload large amounts of data to my FTP server (an Ubuntu 9.10 machine). Once the files are uploaded, I am faced with transferring them to a local Droboshare network drive so our ...
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connecting and copying files with scp — ubuntu 10.04

I have a work computer. I have a home computer. I want to be able to share files between with scp, both our computers are behind routers, which assign a local ip. 198.168.0.* As well as knowing their ...