[ubuntu-in] Bounced mail resent to the list

[Parthan SR]

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Hi,
I got the following bounced mail and thought it would be better to
forward it to the list. Please add the OP's email id as CC in your reply
to the list as am not sure whether he will get list mails.

OP's email: d_inbandhu at sprynet.com_

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Hello all,
  Please, please help-- I am in great difficulty here in Bihar, with no
electricity i have had to take a gas generator to supply electricity for
the email communication needed to get my gutsy computer online. So far I
could not do it. I am resending the below--please kindly review and
advise. I have also gone to the general Ubuntu Support website and had
extensive discussions, but people there are not familiar with ADSL and
PPPoE. It needs someone in India to tell me how to get this running.  I
also wrote to the India Ubuntu support forum website, but no reply.
Please kindy review the below and respond as soon as you can. Because of
no electricity, the situation is very difficult. Thank you!
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  I installed my VSNL ADSL using the below instructions, and am now able
to get online. But I can only go to google and search. It flies all
around google without any problem or any hesitation whatsever. But it
cannot go to ANY other website besides google. Someone suggested
disabling IPv6, which I have done. But it didn't make any difference.

So strange-- I can browse freely anywhere within the google system. But
I cannot go anywhere else. And Gutsy does not recognize that it is
online--that is, I cannot use the Add/Remove or Synaptic facility to do
download updates for Gutsy. I am in Bihar, with only 1-2 hours of
electricity per day and am currently running on a gas generator with a
tenuos connection. Desperate to get this solved. Help please?
   
 
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  1. Connect your ethernet wire to the port at the back of your computer.
2. Fire up the terminal and type in sudo pppoeconf
3. It should detect your modem.
4. Keep on pressing enter. Fill in your user name and password when
indicated.
5. It should be easy to stick on to defaults.
6. You should be prompted back to your terminal when it would say pppoe
loaded. Simple. That's the end of terminal.
Now go to System>Administration>Networking. Click on it. You would be
asked for your password to carry out the administrative job as root. You
should be prompted to enter the following details.
1. Activate the Wired connection.
2. Highlight the wired connection and click on properties.
3. Check the box "enable the connection"
4. Configuration as Static IP.
5. IP Address : 192.168.1.2
6. Subnet mask fills on it's own as 255.255.255.0
7. Gateway address :192.168.1.1


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