I purchased the laptop about 4 months or so ago. As a matter of practice any computer that I purchase used - I always test everything that it comes with before putting Ubuntu on it. It originally came with Windows Vista. The wired network worked fine with it and so did everything else. I initially replaced WIndows Vista with Ubuntu 12.04 and when 12.10 came out I upgraded. Unfortunately with Ubuntu the wired connection has never worked.
Thanks Christopher.
I purchased the laptop about 4 months or so ago. As a matter of practice any computer that I purchase used - I always test everything that it comes with before putting Ubuntu on it. It originally came with Windows Vista. The wired network worked fine with it and so did everything else. I initially replaced WIndows Vista with Ubuntu 12.04 and when 12.10 came out I upgraded. Unfortunately with Ubuntu the wired connection has never worked.