(I posted this before, but I wasn't a member of the group then, so I 
deleted that post, joined the group, and am posting this again. Apologies 
if this is seen as spam.)

Hello,

This post is actually with regards to the SanCloud BeagleBone Enhanced, but 
there doesn't seem to be a specific forum for that board, so I'm posting to 
its closest relative, the BeagleBone Black.

I've been having trouble getting Internet to my BeagleBone, which is 
running the latest image (Debian 9.4 2018-06-17 4GB SD IoT). Please note 
that the WiFi card installed on this board simply does not work, as far as 
I know, so that's not an option. I can get Internet if I simply attach it 
via Ethernet directly to my router, but that is not ideal since I move 
locations a fair amount. Ideally, I need to share my laptop's WiFi 
connection to the BeagleBone, either over USB or Ethernet. (My laptop runs 
Ubuntu 18.04)

One major roadblock is that the web server (not sure if that's the 
appropriate term) doesn't seem to boot up correctly when the board is 
powered on and connected to my laptop. I get a notification on my laptop 
that says "Network activation failed" or something to that effect, which is 
usually accompanied by my desktop (GNOME) crashing and restarting. 
Afterwards, the classic 192.168.7.2 doesn't work. Can't SSH in, and 
visiting 192.168.7.2 on my laptop's browser returns a timeout. The only way 
I can actually get into the BeagleBone is by using screen and going into 
/dev/ttyACM0. And ifconfig on my laptop shows that the BeagleBone has some 
incredibly long and weird registered name, not the eth[#] that it usually 
is.

That's the first problem. The second problem is that I'm not sure how to 
share my laptop's Internet connection, since I'm pretty new to Linux. I've 
tried following this 
<https://elementztechblog.wordpress.com/2014/12/22/sharing-internet-using-network-over-usb-in-beaglebone-black/>
 
guide, but that doesn't work, and various futzing around with sharing over 
Ethernet in nm-connection-editor doesn't work either. I'm assuming that the 
fundamental problem here is the first thing I described -- the failure of 
the BeagleBone's web server -- which in turn is causing these auxiliary 
failures with my Internet sharing.

Anyone have similar issues or have any suggestions? Thanks in advance for 
any responses!

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