So I booted into Linux, ran lspci, which immediately told me what my chipsets were: and searching identified there are no drivers past Windows 7.

I would have thought that an upgrade process...

I've previously tried turning of IPV6, with no result. The Acer utility showed the LAN and WiFi devices were Broadcom; the new drivers I installed were from Broadcom, and described as...

Tried that: still showed problems with drivers (both ethernet & Wifi) even after installing the latest drivers from the Broadcom site. And ifconfig showed nothing.

Thanks NavyLCDR.

There are only two adaptors listed, both Broadcom: a NetLink Gigabit Ethernet and an 802.11n.

After trying the Win 7 - Win 10 upgrade on my old Compaq knockabout laptop, and it going fine other than completely loosing the Internet Security suite (COMODO), I decided to upgrade my main...