[ubuntu-uk] Getting online with ubuntu

[alan c]

lairddoog-mailstar at yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hi,
> As a Silver-surfer who is better at hardware than software and has just 
> set up a machine with Edgy Eft, can anyone advise the most straight 
> forward means of getting it online. My current ISP (BT Broadband) does 
> not support Linux. Advice appreciated.
> Doog

Welcome!
(I heard that BT HomeHub runs on linux but they do not tell you that....)

An adsl modem router is the best type of interface box. BT adsl in on 
one side and ethernet RJ45 cable out from the other straight into your 
computers network interface card (NIC).
USB modems are sometimes ok to use but are much less secure and more 
trouble or sometimes impossible, to get working.

If the internet was connected during the install, it will be working 
automatically after install. (Try it with a live CD ?)

Anyway it is not hard to configure.
-- 
alan cocks
Kubuntu user#10391