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When I plug in a network cable, it is not recognized. The WI-FI is working properly, though.

ifconfig output:

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback  
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:1645 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:1645 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 
          RX bytes:206840 (206.8 KB)  TX bytes:206840 (206.8 KB)

wlan0     Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr e0:06:e6:de:57:e7  
          inet addr:150.164.201.145  Bcast:150.164.201.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: 2001:12f0:601:a921:98a2:3dd:3be8:c483/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: 2001:12f0:601:a921:e206:e6ff:fede:57e7/64 Scope:Global
          inet6 addr: fe80::e206:e6ff:fede:57e7/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:23892 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:14676 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 
          RX bytes:30123226 (30.1 MB)  TX bytes:2189050 (2.1 MB)
Jorge Castro
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In my case (Ubuntu 12.10 with Inspiron 14z), just installing the linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-quantal-generic package solved the problem. Here's the magic command:

sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-cw-3.6-quantal-generic

p.s.: This seems to be a duplicate of: 12.04 does not detect eth0(Atheros AR8162 )

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Download the drivers from this website: http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/.

If you're not sure which one to select, download this one: http://linuxwireless.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2012-09-05-pc.tar.bz2.

First run sudo su and enter your password when prompted.

Then, follow these steps:

tar xjf compat-wireless-2012-09-05-pc.tar.bz2
cd compat-wireless-2012-09-05-pc
./scripts/driver-select alx
make
make install
modprobe alx

Reboot.

It might seem misleading to download the drivers because of the name, but give it a shot.

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