<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> </head> <body bgcolor="#ffffff" text="#000000"> <ul> <li>I am writing you this email from windows because I can't connect to the internet using Ubuntu 8.10 and NetworkManager. </li> <li>I am using a Compaq nc8430 notebook with a Sierra Wireless USBConnect 881 3G interface which is connected to the AT&T wireless broadband network. </li> <li>I was never given any password to use the wireless broadband connection. Just plug and play in windows. </li> <li>I have created a live disk of ubuntu 8.10 and booted to it. Everything appears ok. </li> <li>When ubuntu boots, the led's on the wireless broadband interface show that it is ready to operate. </li> <li>I then drop down the NetworkManager from the system tray using the right mouse button and attempt to configure the connection. </li> <li>I click the wireless broadband tab and enter United States for the location. Next screen I click the AT&T selection. Then I click finish. </li> <li>When I click on the NetworkManager icon in system tray the connection appears on the list. </li> <li>I click on the radio button in front of that selection and the menu promptly closes. The Icon has a small red triangle on the lower right corner. I watch the interface led's and the active light flickers momentarily. </li> <li>Reopen the NetworkManager menu and the radio button is not selected. </li> <li>I can't get online. </li> </ul> Please tell me what I'm doing wrong. I want out of windows but ubuntu is useless to me unless I can get online. My desktop uses ubuntu 8.04 exclusively and it works great except that I still have to use dialup for internet connection. I would like to use the wireless broadband for both installations. Also, I'm trying to boot ubuntu 8.10 on this notebook from a USB drive I created from the live disk without success. But that's another story I'll deal with later. Help, Please. Ted </body> </html>