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   From: Blue    
   Newsgroups: alt.os.linux.ubuntu   
   Subject: Re: Ubuntu and Internet   
   Date: 5 Mar 2007 07:18:47 GMT   
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   On Sun, 04 Mar 2007 19:50:03 +0000, Pete wrote:   
      
   > Will a fully functioning Ubuntu machine be able to connect to the Internet    
   > simply by connecting the network port to the free port on my router.   
   > (An XP machine can do this.)   
      
   Look if MS windows XP can do it, then its already been done with Linux.   
   Linux comes from a background where networking was required for the   
   terminal you sat at to work.   
      
   BTW the router is running Open Source software in all probability.   
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