Sidehistorik
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The wireless keyboard/mouse solution (USB Based) seemed to be having issues also, working with a wired keyboard and mouse works way better, and fewer (if any) keystrokes are lost.
The 3rd Problem
DNS keept failing, seems to be a common 14.04 problem - use http://askubuntu.com/questions/628398/dns-issue-in-ubuntu-14-04 to fix it.
The Solution (as of current date)
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