theres a dsl modem. company name frtizbox, wlan, version 2 i really dont have a clue about the id, pwd coz wen i moved to this place, the guy next door just handed me the end of a lan cable and i plugged it in and it worked, don <div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 4, 2008 at 6:19 PM, 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: > 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" target="_blank">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 </div>OK, so your ethernet controller works. Do you have a DSL router or modem and which type is it? As it works in Windows, the ID + password must be stored somewhere, but it could be somewhere in Windows (if you share the machine as well) or in the modem / router. <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