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.