As per title. Just re-installed 16.04 after putting a partition of Win7 (yes…I feel dirty even mentioning MS) on main drive for a particular program I need (to do with photogrammetry). Reinstalled UM 16.04 on empty space. All went well apart form ethernet. It just wont connect.
The ethernet card in question is listed as:
realtek rtl8111/8168/8411pci exress gigabit ethernet controller
No idea what is going wrong. This card has worked in all previous editions of UM and also worked in my immediately previous installation of 16.04
Anybody any ideas?
It’s quite a big deal for me for slightly convoluted reasons: I use Virgin optic fibre for my broadband service. However, Virgin have a nasty practice (either by intentional policy or by technical complacency) of providing a really crappy broadband speeds for any domestic Linux machine directly connected to the service. By this I mean, instead of the advertised speeds of around 70 to 100 mbps, I get around 12 mbps. I have got around this by connecting my Linux machine to an old laptop running Win7. The laptop is connected to the router via wireless and gets the advertised speeds. I then use my laptop as a shared internet connection to my Linux machine via ethernet cable. That way, my Linux machine gets the advertised speeds because, presumably, the router only sees the windows laptop.
At the moment, i am having to rely on my wireless connection on my Linux machine and am on around 12mbps.
Help!
