My Thoughts !

I've been using Ubuntu for a while. So far its good.  As I've a laptop loaded with Windows XP, Ubuntu has not been my primary OS. Since my last date with the present company is this Thrusday & I'll be returning my laptop, I've to make Ubuntu my primary (and only) OS. I'll pen down my experiences here.

The first thing I needed to configure was my DSL Connection. I searched for any utilities, but I couldn't find anything (at least not under System->Preferences or System->Adminstration. After a little bit of Googling, I was able to configure. Here are the steps:

• First configure your IP address. Select System->Adminstration->Networking


• In the window, selec the ethernet adapter to which you have connected your DSL modem(mostly you will have only one adapter listed)


• Select the properties of the adater.


• If your ISP supports DHCP, select it, if not key in the static IP address that your ISP gave you


• Go back to the Network settings window and key in the ISP's DNS server IP addresses


• Now that you have configured your TCP/IP settings, we need to configure the PPPoE settings.


• Open a terminal window and run "pppoeconf" (you need root permission). The wizard should help you configure the settings.


• Now if you have not configured to connect at system start up, use the commands - "pon dsl-provider" to connect; "poff" to disconnect and "plog" to view the current status

How good it would be, if there exists a wizard that will guide you thru all the above steps. Hmmmm. Long way to go for Linux to become a common man's OS.

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