Does anyone know how to connect a ubuntu laptop to the internet via USB and ethernet?
I tried to connect my Sony vaio laptop to the internet via an ordinary USB-ethernet-cable but it turns out I (and the rest of the world) are lacking a driver for the cable (sitecom). It seems that the same kind of Belkin cable has the same problem: no drivers for ubuntu.
The thing is i blew up my ethernetcard in the laptop (sony vaio) so USB is my only possibility. without wanting to offend you but i guess the only other alternative is installing windows and that would be bad wouldnt it ;)
thanks in advance for your replies
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There are many USB ethernet adapters out there. Most of them will probably work, although I haven't gone and poked for specific hardware compatibility
However, you're going to be somewhat limited. An Ethernet over USB adapter is limited by the speeds of USB. If you have a gigabit USB-to-Ethernet device, connected to a gigabit network, you're actually going to be limited to 480 Megabits a second (for USB 2.0), or possibly slower. Keep this in mind going forward.
You can search online, there are some sites that list compatible Hardware:
They should run ootb without any driver Installation.
There is also a database on the ubuntu wiki here:
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