Linux/Ubuntu laptop with no eth/lan port

[Robert Heller]

At Mon, 18 Nov 2024 09:51:54 -0500 bruce <badouglas at gmail.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi.
> 
> This goes along with my trying to get a better understanding of ubuntu
> on a laptop.
> 
> Appears a bunch of laptops no longer ship with builin eth/lan ports!!
> 
> So, my question. If you have a laptop that runs Ubuntu, does it have
> the built in drivers to support eth/lan - USB adapters (dongle)? nor
> would there need to be other mods to connect to "Eth".

There are drivers for various Ethernet and WiFi dongles included with the 
kernel.  Probably not *all* Ethernet and WiFi dongles, but many of them.

I know of one I got on E-bay works.  It is an USB 2.0 / 10/base100 (100mbit) 
dongle.  I got it for a PocketBeagle.



> 
> thanks
> 
> -bruce
> 

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