On Fri, Dec 28, 2012 at 9:05 PM, <scott.hall.personal at gmail.com> wrote: > I have no idea how to tell if the Ethernet issue is hardware or software related Try an Ubuntu Live disc... http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop http://www.ubuntu.com/download/help/try-ubuntu-before-you-install Jeff Scarbrough Corrosion Acres, Ga.