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Why does Ubuntu spends so much time setting the network at startup?

Booting got very slow about the time I began testing Ubuntu 12.10 quantal. I think networking is one of the causes. I suspect networking is doing a lot of work that is unnecessary (since it was very ...
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How do I set up dependency based startup to reconfigure the network interfaces before networking is started?

I have a system which originally ran Ubuntu 12.04 (now 12.10) on the 'real' hardware. Due to a requirement to run Windows 7 and IE9 (watching streamed movies needed Silverlight with DRM) I installed ...
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Network Card not initializing before startup programs.

I am using Ubuntu 12.4. I am using this machine to display a webpage. I have installed the MKISOK plug in for Fire Fox and set Fire Fox to open on start up. The issue I am running into is it seems ...
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Firefox starting before network is up

We have this machine (ubuntu 10.04) with autologon and firefox in startup sesson aplications. But some times the firefox starts, and the network is not up (maybe a delay from dhcp server, or some ...
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Starting over and new to Ubuntu

We have been having repeated problems with our interent service and using windows xp & sp3 (users and premissions) I see no need for them. I started with computers long before windows. Every since ...
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I don't want to manually turn on my wireless everytime computer starts up

How can I have this switched to ON automatically when I log in? When I startup my machine, that thing is switched OFF and I have to manually switch it ON before I can use the internet. I can't see ...
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Bug or kludge in /etc/init.d/networking

There are some strange code: if ifup -a --exclude=lo; then log_action_end_msg $? else log_action_end_msg $? fi both variants have exactly same code: ...
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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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Is dhclient.conf used during boot when bringing up network interfaces?

I am running Ubuntu 11.10 32bit Server on a single-board computer. I want the option of using the Ethernet interface (eth0) as a backend to control the computer if it's connected. I'm also lazy: if ...
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How to speedup “boot” network configuration [closed]

After the upgrade to Kubuntu 11.10 the boot takes much longer. Especially, the boot is idling for a long time trying to configure the network and only continues after first saying that it will try ...
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“Waiting for network configuration” adding 3 to 5 minutes to boot time

I get the following pieces of information at the startup, takes about 3 to 5 minutes, while normally about 1 minute: Waiting network configuration Booting system without full network configuration ...
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How to connect to the Internet (DSL) automatically at startup?

I also have to enter a password to connect. Not the root password, but a password I created for the DSL connection when installing Ubuntu. So I would like to get rid of the password and connect ...