thanks. not sure it does. I'm assuming ur laptops have the built-in eth ports. as opposed to the USB eth dongles. <div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Nov 18, 2024, 10:08 AM Jeffrey Walton <<a href="mailto:noloader@gmail.com">noloader@gmail.com</a>> wrote: </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 9:54 AM bruce <<a href="mailto:badouglas@gmail.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">badouglas@gmail.com</a>> wrote: > > 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)? Usually. I have not encountered an ethernet adapter with a USB interface that is not supported. > nor > would there need to be other mods to connect to "Eth". What do you mean "mod"? If you need a driver, you download it and compile it. You don't have to mod anything. Or you run a distro that includes support for the device you are using. Jeff -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </blockquote></div>