Help getting access to the internet

[John Levin]

On 6 Oct 2004, at 22:21, John Nehmetallah wrote:

> Hello first off i would just like to say that I am a linux newbie
> (Ubuntu is my first encounter with it) and this is all a learning
> experiance for me.  I have a DSL connection that i would like to
> setup, but the problem is that i have no idea how too.
>
> Anyhelp would be greatly appreciated.
>

For help, you'll have to give more details.

What hardware do you have? A modem, a router? How does it plug into 
your computer: ethernet, USB?

These things should generally be detected as part of the installation - 
was everything plugged in when you installed Ubuntu?

John