High speed connection

[Frank McCormick]

On Tue, 07 Nov 2006 19:37:29 -0400
LG Meisner <lmeisner at ns.sympatico.ca> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I need some help on the subject matter when it comes to connect to my 
> Internet service using Ubuntu operating system.
> 
> I installed Ubuntu 6.06 LTS on my PC and must admit that the crisp
> look of the system was impressive. However when I tried to configure
> my high speed connection, all I get is it is not supported???
> 
> My present Internet service "Aliant Telecom" from Nova Scotia, Canada 
> requires that I install connection software from an installation
> disc. Once loaded, I  connect via hi speed using Windows 2000.
> 


  That depends. Cable or DSL ? Cable is USUALLY simple, dhcp takes care of it...DSL USUALLY
requires you to install software to handle it. 
sudo apt-get install apt-utils
sudo apt-cache search dsl

will get you software related to handling DSL.

Cheers
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