Eth* naming convention is deprecated<div> </div><div>Also it seems that hardware on your computer is damaged. Reasons could be anything for the issue you are experiencing. Could even be a Windows cause.</div><div> </div><div>Backup, re-install. If you are experiencing the same outcome, you know something happened to your laptop. On Saturday, November 12, 2016, M. Fioretti <<a href="mailto:mfioretti@nexaima.net">mfioretti@nexaima.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On 2016-11-12 17:42, Liam Proven wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"> I offered 2 suggestions previously, which AFAICS you have ignored or dismissed. I stand by them. </blockquote> Liam, you suggested to upgrade the firmware or use an USB network adapter. I did NOT ignore nor "dismiss" those suggestions. I have explained why they are NOT feasible in my own situation. More exactly, I have explained in these messages: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288240.html" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288240.html</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288245.html" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288245.html</a> <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288242.html" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-users/2016-November/288242.html</a> that: a) I spent many hours in October just trying to update the firmware. without success c) VERY slow connectivity in the past days would have made (still does) downloading many MBs of updates undoable b) in the installed Ubuntu, not the live one of course, even USB is broken, so I couldn't use a an USB network adapter anyway Anyway, I could manage to have the same distro live, on a USB stick, and as you can read in my other reply that software does find and uses the ethernet card without problems, so (even if the constraints above still hold) we DO know now for sure that the problem is only in the Ubuntu software installed in the laptop drive, don't we? If that's the case, I'd rather rescue the distro already on the hard drive, since I spent a couple weeks customizing it after install, than re-install from the USB stick, and suggestions are still very welcome. Thanks, Marco -- <a href="http://mfioretti.com" target="_blank">http://mfioretti.com</a> -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a>ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>