I installed ubuntu-12.10 on a Toshiba Satellite portable which is to be sent to someone across the country. Wireless networking has always worked on this host, but wired networking did not. I need to test the wired networking before it's packaged and shipped and would like assistance from a ubuntu expert.
It's a full, vanilla installation; I just let it do its own thing. Ergo, no network setup with a host name or static IP address. I don't run a DHCP server here since there are only a handful of hosts and static IP addresses have worked just fine for many years. This ubuntu seems very Microsoft-ish; there is a row of icons on the left side and I have not found how to open a terminal window to try to figure out what's not working. Sigh. Can wired networking be tested without my setting up a dhcp server locally? How can I find a virtual console on this host? With the xubuntu it replaced there was no problem with having everything hidden, but this stymies me. TIA, Rich _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
