the ethernet on my motherboard has been recognised as REALTEK 8029 by ubuntu the link that i followed was this. <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE</a> but this reaches a point where i have to enter the id and pwd, which i dont know. (i share it ) in windows all i need to do it to plug in the dsl cable and the internet is up. when i do ifconfig -a i get eth0 Link encap Ethernet HWaddr xx:xx:xxx Up broadcast running multicast blah blah lo don <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 11:22 AM, Nils Kassube <<a href="mailto:kassube@gmx.net">kassube@gmx.net</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"><div class="Ih2E3d">Donny George wrote: > could you also show me a link to get internet working. i use a wired > connection and as such i dont enter username and password, its plug and > play in windows, and neither do i know the id and pwd as i share it. i > tried the link for adding ethernet and so on. but i still cant get the > internet working on ubuntu </div>Oh, that looks like a new round of wild guessing in the dark :) Well, the question is, what do you mean with "wired connection"? Do you have an ethernet controller on your motherboard or is it connected via USB? If the ethernet controller is not found by the kernel, what type is it? Could you explain a bit more about how you connect to the internet and where the problem is? What is the output of the command ifconfig -a in a terminal? And these pages could be useful for you: <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetHowto" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InternetHowto</a> <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkDevices" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkDevices</a> <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CategoryNetworking" target="_blank">https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CategoryNetworking</a> <a href="http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=136" target="_blank">http://ubuntuforums.org/forumdisplay.php?f=136</a> <a href="http://www.ubuntu-forum.de/forum/22/Netzwerk-und-Internet.html" target="_blank">http://www.ubuntu-forum.de/forum/22/Netzwerk-und-Internet.html</a> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> Nils -- ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> -- Donny George Lugostraße 14, Freiburg 79100, Germany. Mob : 0049-1727049650 Tel : 0049-7618706993