how do you connect to the net in ubuntu


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Hi I have ubuntu Hoary 5.04 and I just got verizon DSLl,I am using a wireless network card, its a d-link dwl-520(the verizon westel modem/gateway/router thing is connected to my moms computer downstairs) I used ndiswrapper to install the windows drivers,and in my network configuration it shows a wlan0 connection,I used the DHCP option and I selected my router signal in the other thing(I do not use WEP),so I thing the connection to my router is fine but my question is...how do connect to the internet through the router?,I mean like in windows where you type in your user name and password to connect.

And yes I am a linux noob and a DSL noob,but could someone please help me out?

thanks

^^^I think I have the right drivers...and I think I got them to work,I just dont understand how Im supose to connect to my ISP...where do I put my user name and password and stuff,am I not giving the right info or something?...I mean shouldint this be a simple question simple anwer type of thing?

thanks

Well I tried ppoeconf and it would recognize my wlan0 but it wouldint work for some reason,I then downloaded rp-pppoe and put in all my info on that,and I got it to connect but no web pages would load or anything,so I tried pppconf angain and this time it worked I put in all my info and connected,but no pages will load(they dont say they couldint be found...they just dont load) heres what the term output says:

root@Sephroth:~# pon dsl-provider

Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.

RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.2

/usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider: unrecognized option 'wlan0'

what did I do wrong? can some one help me...I mean if I cant connect to the internet then I will have to get rid of linux :cry:

thanks for all the help so far guys :)

  MR.T said:
Well I tried ppoeconf and it would recognize my wlan0 but it wouldint work for some reason,I then downloaded rp-pppoe and put in all my info on that,and I got it to connect but no web pages would load or anything,so I tried pppconf angain and this time it worked I put in all my info and connected,but no pages will load(they dont say they couldint be found...they just dont load) heres what the term output says:

root@Sephroth:~# pon dsl-provider

Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.

RP-PPPoE plugin version 3.3 compiled against pppd 2.4.2

/usr/sbin/pppd: In file /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider: unrecognized option 'wlan0'

what did I do wrong? can some one help me...I mean if I cant connect to the internet then I will have to get rid of linux :cry:

thanks for all the help so far guys :)

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Have you tried my method?

Hi sorry to bump but I think my problem may be in the driver set up,I was looking in the ndiswrapper options(just the "ndiswrapper -l" command)and I notest that they had the command "-d devid driver Use installed 'driver' for 'devid'" do I have to do that to get my card to work?(it wasent in the guide I looked at),and if so how do I find out what my "PCI ID" is?

thanks

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