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No Internet connection in VMware Player (Guest OS is Ubuntu 10.04)
I don't get internet connection in the guest OS. Could you please help me to find out why?
The host OS is Windows 7, guest OS is Ubuntu 10.04.
Type of network connection: NAT.
ifconfig command ...
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Is Ethernet asymmetric?
I was just running some speed test on an old pc of mine that I recently salvaged.
I installed debian on it and used iperf to measure network speed from my other PC.
I noted that my old box download ...
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NIC for a home server [closed]
I'm choosing a NIC for a Linux server and can't decide between those two cards:
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/uk/en/sm/WF06c/A1-329290-64274-332466-332466-3769774-3769777.html
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Why is my network utilization a sawtooth wave?
I've noticed that my broadband link always gives me a sawtooth shaped utilization graph when I'm downloading large files. It looks like this from Task Manager on Windows 7:
When I'm doing large ...
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Why won't WIndows XP recognize my network adapter?
I have used Everest to determine that my network adapter is a RealTek RTL8139/810x Fast Ethernet Adapter and installed the appropriate driver. But I can't see any Local Area Connection in my Network ...
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Are link layer properties on a local area network adapter cached?
I changed the Local area connection properties for my N/W adapter:
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Mapper I/O Driver, and
Link-Layer Topology Discovery Responder
I expect to see changes in the ...
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Cisco USB WiFi adapter freezes USB port when downloading too much
I’m using a Windows Vista PC on an Asus P5VD2-VM motherboard (Via P4M900/VT8237A chipset).
I’m using a Cisco WUSB54GC WiFi adapter (really made by Ralink). I use the latest driver.
When I download ...
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Troubleshooting Desktop That Can't Connect to Internet through Any Adapater, Even on Different OSes
I have a Windows 7 machine that also has Ubuntu on it. Yesterday the NIC spontaneously crapped out. I went and got a Dynex PCI NIC and set it up, my computer now finds networks but lists them as ...
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How do I set up the network drivers for Windows 7 on my iMac?
I installed Windows 7 32 bit on my 27" iMac OS X 10.6.6. When Windows loaded, I couldn't connect to the internet via wireless or ethernet. It appears the drivers are not correct?
I did the same ...
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USB 3 to gigabit ethernet adaptors: where are they?
I'm looking for an adaptor that will let me use a USB 3 port as a gigabit ethernet port. This is proving surprisingly hard to find! Is there some reason why this product is either unavailable or ...
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Changing MAC address of network card
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Network_card#Purpose
Every Ethernet network controller has a unique 48-bit serial number
called a MAC address, which is stored in read-only memory. ...
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Secondary NIC: what all can I do?
I was loaned a NIC which I promptly installed in my F16 workstation just to 'play' with it (using iptables and stuff).
Other than forwarding packets from the new NIC to the old NIC using various ...
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Generic Host Process for Win32/No Internet Connection
A friend has asked me to look at his machine. It is XP SP3, with 2 NIC cards.
I found that the machine had some Malware on it, which I removed with MalwareBytes.
However, the machine still will not ...
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Do I have two NICs - one for WiFi and one for Wired LAN?
Similar to most laptops, I have both wifi and wired LAN. Does this mean I have two NICs, or is it one NIC shared between both.
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How can I determine the MAC address for a NIC in CentOS without using ifconfig?
CentOS 5.5
One of my CenTOS systems recently booted with the following error:
"Bringing up interface eth0: Device eth0 has difference MAC address than expected. ignoring."
When I run ifconfig -a ...
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What is faster for multimedia performance? Leaving a NIC to do checksums or the CPU?
I noticed a NIC from Realtek has an option to "offload" some of the CPU work for checksums onto itself. However, this has some - I would say - humorous effects on opinions of people on the web: Some ...
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Network adaptor dies during large transfer
My network adapter dies during large transfer.
I can reproduce this by transferring a video file, 500M+, from my desktop to my HTPC. The transfer will run for a few seconds to a few minutes. The ...
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How to upgrade Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection Drivers for Windows 7 64?
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When I go to Device Manager, under Network adapters I have an Intel(R) 82567V-2 Gigabit Network Connection adapter that has a yellow exclamation point. I am trying to upgrade its drivers but ...
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how to determine driver for motherboard ethernet adapter
I have an older machine on which the OS (w2k) got corrupted. As a result, it no longer can find the driver for its ethernet adapter. The install-new-hardware wizard just identifies the device with a ...
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LAN card not working sometimes with windows
I have the following scenario
MODEM + (FE)(Cable A) --> (WAN) ROUTER (LAN)-----(FE)Cable B----COMPUTER
Now i have two LAN cards on computer
1)CARD A is build in Motherbord
2)CARD B is NIC ...
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Windows 7 network cable unplugged but cable works
A friend donated a computer to our church and completely re-installed windows and formatted the hard drives and such.
Installed all the drivers that they originally had been given from dell (maybe ...
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Browsing website hosted in the virtual machine from host machine's browser
I have installed Oracle VM Box and created a Virtual machine. Now I have hosted(in IIS) a website in the virtual machine. I want this website to be browsed in the host machine's browser.
Can anybody ...
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Alias network adapter in Windows XP
I use a VPN channel for an online banking client.
This channel is implemented as an NDIS filter installed on the outbound network interface which gets activated when you insert the smart card.
When ...
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Installed PCIe network card - computer won't boot
I have a new Dell Vostro 460, that has onboard video, and an Dell-added a PCIe video card. It has 1 16x PCIe slot and 4 1x PCIe slots.
When I plug in a PCIe gigabit network card (link. lspci: ...
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How do I write a generic udev rule to assign my network's interface name?
I am trying to write a "generic" udev rule to assign an interface name to my NIC card.
For a particular application i require the ability to boot a headless server where the NIC can be changed at any ...
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Get active network interface on Windows
I'm developing an application that provides a UI to windump, the packet sniffer. Windump has a "-D" parameter that lists all network interfaces it can find, and then you can specify which interface to ...
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One computer on my network won't connect to the network without a reboot
My computer is on a local network that contains about 300 PCs. NIC is not built-in (i.e. the built-in NIC doesn't work). I don't know whether my IP is assigned staticly or by DHCP.
Every time my ...
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Connect two Win 7 computers directly using fiber and no switch
I want fast file transfers between Win 7 computers using fiber optics, but I don't want the expense of buying a fiber switch.
Can I buy two fiber expansion cards and connect the computers with a ...
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Is there a way on Windows 7 to control which NIC a particular application binds to when 2 different NICs are in use?
So here's the setup.
At my company we use a large VPN with several different subnets, and apparently the wireless routers have access to some of the hosts on the VPN but not all, while the ethernet ...
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What does the starmode mean for a ethernet interface?
I find at least there are two start mode of an ethernet interface, on boot and auto. What is the difference between the two? Where I can find a formal document that covers this topic?
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Ethernet card (NIC) not working properly in HP Proliant BL460c G7
If I configure my network card in linux to use dhcp then restart the networking init script, it gets stuck after showing
* Running /etc/init.d/networking restart is deprecated because it may not ...
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How does VirtualBox's new Network Adapter drivers affect the computer?
I am using a PC, and just trying the latest VirtualBox and Ubuntu 2011.10, and while installing VirtualBox, it actually installed Network Adapter drivers 3 times, and warned "during installation your ...
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Ubuntu: How to get wireless lan and 10/100 running simultaneously?
I am running Ubuntu 10.10 on a Dell Inspiron 6400.
I am able to get 10/100 Ethernet card and Wireless Lan working independently.
Ethernet -> eth0
Wireless Lan -> eth1.
If I restart/reboot my eth0 ...
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Network adapter missing after fresh Vista installaion
I'm using a Gigabyte GA-M61SM2-S2 motherboard with 2.5GB RAM. I've just installed Windows Vista on a new hard drive and my network adapter is missing from device manager. I cannot get online to update ...
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Realtek-NIC with VLAN under Windows always showing UNPLUGGED
I'm running a Win7-Machine and need to configure my NIC to understand untagged and VLAN-tagged packages. I'm using a Realtek PCIe GBE Family Controller and already installed a common tagged ...
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Where can I find detailed info about the NIC in my MacBook Pro?
Where can I find detailed info about the NIC in my MBP (6,2 - mid 2010)? The built-in "System Information" won't give anything more than the name (Airport extreme) and the MAC address. I'm running ...
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Can Somebody Explain About Wi-Fi Device Manager Settings And Power Settings In Windows 7?
Sometimes I have low Wi-Fi signal and I am curious about the Wi-Fi settings in Device Manager and Power Settings. I would like to get an exhaustive explanation about each, so let's start with Wi-Fi ...
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What angle is optimal for the antennas on my wireless network card?
I'm sharing a house with some friends and I'm in the bedroom right up in the attic. The router is right down on the ground floor and I get connectivity issues.
I've found that if I adjust the two ...
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Why do unicast packets not intended to me reach my NIC when I'm in promiscous mode?
When I'm connected to a switch, the switch knows which mac address belongs to which port. So even when I'm in promiscous mode, why do I receive unicast packets that are addressed to different mac ...
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Is there an ethernet network adapter?
My embedded/internal wireless network card doesn't pick up enough signal for reliable networking/internet usage. However, if I move closer to the source (the window) it works fine.
A wifi booster ...
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How can I get the IP Address of a named Network Bridge in a batch file?
I have a Network Bridge showing in my Network connections. How can I find out its IP Address in a batch script?
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Can SSD and a network adapter conflict and cause a crash?
I've been experiencing strange issue, where the computer abruptly crashes. Perhaps someone out there can shed light into what could be the cause of this?
OS in question is Windows 7.
The peculiar ...
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Getting Realtek drivers to reach Gigabit speed under Ubuntu is nigh impossible
I have a HP Touchsmart TM2 2105 laptop, quite recently bought. The NIC is Gigabit speed capable, with a Realtek R8168 chipset.
I installed the drivers from Realtek, it works, ethtools indicates ...
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Connect two computers to a Server
I have a computer and its Motherboard has two LAN Ports like in this image:
I have two other computers that I would like to connect to this computer.
How should i do this?
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Does 1 Gbit/s port in full-duplex mean 1 Gbit/s send and 1 Gbit/s receive?
I'm figuring out the best router for me based on their performance.
When you have a 1 Gbit/s port in full-duplex, does that mean you can send 1 Gbit/s and receive 1 Gbit/s at the same ...
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Is there a difference between a generic part and a Dell part?
I was wondering if there would any difference between a generic intelligence pro1000 pci e NIC and a Dell branded one.
Would the firmware be any different? Would the hardware it would work with be ...
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Warped Motherboard, dead NIC
Well, I did something stupid. Last March I rebuilt my computer. For some reason or another one of the mounting screws was not set properly, resulting in the top of the board bending at an angle ...
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How to select a NIC for Jabber server to use
There are two NICs available in my environment, and Jabber server defaults to the one I use for my Intranet connection.
I can't find any configuration option to change that, so the only way I can ...
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How to configure an external wireless network card in windows 7
I have a external wireless card of D-Link, which I generally use in Linux Mint. But I wanna use it in windows too. After spending a lot of time googling, i realized that configuring it in windows ...
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How to fix adapter problem in packard bell network adapter drivers [closed]
Where can I find network adapter drivers for packard bell laptop? I'm using Windows XP for OS.
