On Wed, Mar 30, 2016 at 7:59 PM, Yasha Karant <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> I have a related question. I have now inserted an appropriate UTP cable
> into the RJ-45 jack on my laptop, I have a green LED (meaning MAC signal) --
> thus I have a 802.3 connection. However, unlike previous incarnations of
> Network Manager, the present SL7 one does not allow me to activate the 802.3
> connection, but only the 802.11 connection. Evidently, despite claims that
> NAT should work with 802.11 to VirtualBox running a MS Win 7 Pro guest (a
> claim as I recall contradicted by other respondents), it does not (MS Win
> sees no network). Thus, I am attempting to run my laptop on a wired 802.3
> connection, but I cannot seem to activate it. I do need Network Manager
> when I am in the field and must connect to arbitrary 802.11 WLANs in a
> fashion similar to MS Win and Mac OS X (for which the "automagic" 802.11
> DHCP hotel, etc., networks seem to be designed). How do I get Network
> Manager to allow me to activate the wired connection? Note that Network
> Manager does "see" the 802.3 NIC ( it displays Ethernet Network (Intel
> Ethernet Connection I217-LM) but shows disconnected and will not let me
> connect. Do I need to be root to make this happen?

I no longer have a wired connection but I remember that NM either
doesn't have an indicator for wired connections or has a different
one.