Linux forum: Setting up internet connection in Ubuntu

There is not just one point. How do you normally connect to the internet? Dial-up, ADSL? DSL? Wired? Wireless? Please give more information.

i am beginer to ubuntu. please guide me all the steps to st up broadband asdl connection.

i have pentium core 2 duo system. 1gb ram

I am a very new in using Ubuntu. After installing Ubuntu I managed to configure my system's ip add,default gateway add,dns add.But i cannot connect my machine to the internet.
I use a cable net broadband service, where my service provider only provide such info like ip add, dns add,gateway add, one user name& password. There is no modem. only need to plugin the cable in lan port & access internet.
with this information i manage to access the internet from 'xp machine but in ubuntu I try to ping my gateway add from ubuntu terminal,it sucess but when i open mozila and put any url -then it shows "try again" message.
... I need advices someone can help me?

Avishek from India-(Kolkata)

It's my first time to use linux,And i have install the ubuntu 8.04.
The problem is i can't connect my ubuntu with the internet.
ps: i have little knowledge of internet
thanks for your help

better to install 9.04. There more flexible network manager

Status: No experience whatsoever with Linux

Computer: Dell Vostro 1510, MS-Vista Home BASIC-SP2,32-bit, 2GB RAM,

Linux Distribution: Maverick Meerkat

Disk Type: Running Linux from USB (Not yet confident to run it from my hard drive)

Internet Access: Wireless Broadband, with a DSL2640R/VM Router

Problem: Can connect to internet from Vista, but cannot from Ubuntu.

Thanks!!!

Checked the device manager and came up with these two under the Network Adapters
Realtek RTL8168C(P)/8111C(P) Family PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC(NDIS6.0), Dell wireless 1395 WLAN Mini card.

Thanks

Hello, after installing Ubuntu on my Vista laptop, a wifi connection window popped up, after using the inernet connection successfully, i shut down. The next day i attempted to get internet access and for some reason its impossible. Any ideas?

Ive tried these commands already, no success. Any other suggestions, any reason why this wouldnt work? could it be a problem with our router.... sorry im such a newb.

Please help in configuring the Internet Connection with ubuntu 10.04 Ultimate Edition and want to connect to internet with High Speed Datacard 3.1 Mbps.
In Windows if i connect the USB datacard it pops up the page to connect , but the same is not happening in Ubuntu.

Where do i pase the output of isusb command ?? plez help i am new to this linux networking environment..

Mandriva Linux 2010.1 it has some called the Mandriva Control Center (Control Panel in MS) is all GUI. I use the command console to add my repositories manually because I want to, but is all GUI too.

The last package I bought was Mandrake 9 (that was long time ago). I have tried 2007 spring and 2009 alpha2 but it just wasn't to my liking. But I have been using PCLinxOS the last couple years though. Last week I have place an order for the 2010 spring to give it another look.

the part about distro for newbie. PCLOS is really nice; I tried ubuntu a couple time, to me, it's still rough. But it appears to be the most popular distro right now (even my son is using it) or is that just publicity?

Our school has 35 computers in one lab. So we installed ubuntu 10.04 operating system. But problem is there i can not do workgroup as windows xp. I installed networking with ip address, it's working but i can not see other all computers in any one computer as windows. can u tell me how to create workgroup?