Comments on: How to setup Internet Connections in Ubuntu http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/ A Third Eye on Technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 05:32:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: david_steinlage http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2960 david_steinlage Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:44:44 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2960 Daisy, If you are attempting to connect to a secured (encrypted) wireless network, you have to know the passwords in advanced before the network will grant you access. You can obtain this from the owner of the wireless device you are trying to connect to. If you are trying to steal the Internet from your neighbor and they all use encryption, you should purchase your own Internet access from a local ISP, or visit a public place (like a coffee shop, hotel or library) that has free wireless Internet access available to you. The only other password prompt that may appear is the keyring manager. It is intended to help you manage multiple passwords to different things, including wireless networks. This will allow you to store many passwords behind one master password. However, you do have the option of not setting a master password, which will allow your computer to connect to a secured wireless network automatically provided you've connected to it once before and the password has not changed since your last connection. Daisy,

If you are attempting to connect to a secured (encrypted) wireless network, you have to know the passwords in advanced before the network will grant you access. You can obtain this from the owner of the wireless device you are trying to connect to. If you are trying to steal the Internet from your neighbor and they all use encryption, you should purchase your own Internet access from a local ISP, or visit a public place (like a coffee shop, hotel or library) that has free wireless Internet access available to you.

The only other password prompt that may appear is the keyring manager. It is intended to help you manage multiple passwords to different things, including wireless networks. This will allow you to store many passwords behind one master password. However, you do have the option of not setting a master password, which will allow your computer to connect to a secured wireless network automatically provided you’ve connected to it once before and the password has not changed since your last connection.

]]> By: Daisy http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2959 Daisy Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:37:59 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2959 Can someone please help me? I am trying to connect to the internet and I don't know where to start to be honest. I have searched and BEN and AirWave have come up and I click on one. It says I need the password. (????????????) What is the password if you know it, or if not can you tell me where to locate the password? Thanks. Can someone please help me? I am trying to connect to the internet and I don’t know where to start to be honest. I have searched and BEN and AirWave have come up and I click on one. It says I need the password. (????????????) What is the password if you know it, or if not can you tell me where to locate the password?
Thanks.

]]> By: Frank http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2896 Frank Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:35:10 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2896 I don believe it, the message is gone but this was only displayed when i selected another connection and just during the switch my answer was sent. It must have something todo with settings. See what happens with this message. I don believe it, the message is gone but this was only displayed when i selected another connection and just during the switch my answer was sent. It must have something todo with settings. See what happens with this message.

]]> By: Frank http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2895 Frank Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:28:09 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2895 Hi, i am just starting with ubuntu but i think i have a strange thing going on: Ubuntu 8.10 is installed next to Windows Vista Home ed. on a Packard Bell Notebook. Now, when i start Ubuntu and start Firefox I can search Google but so far only 1 site revealed any content. All other links i have tried so far did not give any result (except some links within google.nl). I use an ADSL router with ethernet connection. The router is a SpeedTouch 780 Hi, i am just starting with ubuntu but i think i have a strange thing going on: Ubuntu 8.10 is installed next to Windows Vista Home ed. on a Packard Bell Notebook. Now, when i start Ubuntu and start Firefox I can search Google but so far only 1 site revealed any content. All other links i have tried so far did not give any result (except some links within google.nl). I use an ADSL router with ethernet connection. The router is a SpeedTouch 780

]]> By: david_steinlage http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2894 david_steinlage Sat, 06 Dec 2008 13:39:52 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2894 @ luke: You type your password. You will not see any asterisks ***** appear while typing. @ luke:

You type your password. You will not see any asterisks ***** appear while typing.

]]> By: luke http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-2893 luke Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:05:00 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-2893 when entering sudo apt-get install dhcpcd, im asked for a password how do i enter this ? Regards when entering sudo apt-get install dhcpcd, im asked for a password how do i enter this ?

Regards

]]> By: david_steinlage http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-740 david_steinlage Sat, 14 Jun 2008 20:41:13 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-740 No ports are open on your system by default, though if you want to modify the rules your firewall operates on, or if you want to view the status of current connections, you can use a program called Firestarter. Firestarter can be installed via Applications>Add/Remove>Search for "Firestarter". To get it to run when you boot, click System>Preferences>Session. Click on the Add button, then in the "command" line, type "firestarter" all lower-case, and you should also name it firestarter as well. Once you have those two fields populated, click ok, and that's it! No ports are open on your system by default, though if you want to modify the rules your firewall operates on, or if you want to view the status of current connections, you can use a program called Firestarter.

Firestarter can be installed via Applications>Add/Remove>Search for “Firestarter”.

To get it to run when you boot, click System>Preferences>Session. Click on the Add button, then in the “command” line, type “firestarter” all lower-case, and you should also name it firestarter as well. Once you have those two fields populated, click ok, and that’s it!

]]> By: Milardo http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-732 Milardo Sat, 14 Jun 2008 02:22:36 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-732 Hi how do i start the firewall on default when system starts up? Hi how do i start the firewall on default when system starts up?

]]> By: david_steinlage http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-193 david_steinlage Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:05:08 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-193 By the way, chances are the reason you didn't have a problem with your windows PC is that the DNS address may have been cached, and reused when you tested it on the bridge. By the way, chances are the reason you didn’t have a problem with your windows PC is that the DNS address may have been cached, and reused when you tested it on the bridge.

]]> By: david_steinlage http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-192 david_steinlage Sat, 22 Mar 2008 23:03:12 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-192 First, this problem sounds like your WET54G isn't assigning your Ubuntu machine the correct DNS address, or is not configured correctly (you are not the only one who has had this specific problem with the WET54G bridge). From what I've seen online so far about this bridge, it does not support functioning as a DHCP server, which explains why it is not assigning you an address when you attempt to place your eth0 into DHCP. You should set your address to be static, and you should also manually set a DNS resolve address in Ubuntu by doing the following in Applications>Accessories>Terminal: sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf This will open the resolv.conf file in Gnome Text Editor with root privlages. On the line "name server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx" replace the x with the IP of your name server (obtain this DNS address from your router, or your Windows PC attached to it by throwing a ipconfig /all at it). Then save the config file with the new name server address. After that, you can restart your network components by typing: sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart Also keep in mind that if you assign a static IP address to a computer that it has to be within the same network "broadcast domain/subnet" as the rest of the network you're wanting to communicate with. Simply look at the IP address that is being assigned to the bridge (may have to see it's config, or look at the routers "attached devices" status to see what it's getting). If the bridge is being assigned 192.168.1.226, you should assign your computer an ip address of 192.168.1.227, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a default gateway... try the IP address of the bridge first, and that should do the trick. Good luck! First, this problem sounds like your WET54G isn’t assigning your Ubuntu machine the correct DNS address, or is not configured correctly (you are not the only one who has had this specific problem with the WET54G bridge). From what I’ve seen online so far about this bridge, it does not support functioning as a DHCP server, which explains why it is not assigning you an address when you attempt to place your eth0 into DHCP.

You should set your address to be static, and you should also manually set a DNS resolve address in Ubuntu by doing the following in Applications>Accessories>Terminal:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

This will open the resolv.conf file in Gnome Text Editor with root privlages. On the line “name server xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” replace the x with the IP of your name server (obtain this DNS address from your router, or your Windows PC attached to it by throwing a ipconfig /all at it). Then save the config file with the new name server address. After that, you can restart your network components by typing:

sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Also keep in mind that if you assign a static IP address to a computer that it has to be within the same network “broadcast domain/subnet” as the rest of the network you’re wanting to communicate with. Simply look at the IP address that is being assigned to the bridge (may have to see it’s config, or look at the routers “attached devices” status to see what it’s getting). If the bridge is being assigned 192.168.1.226, you should assign your computer an ip address of 192.168.1.227, with a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0, and a default gateway… try the IP address of the bridge first, and that should do the trick.

Good luck!

]]> By: matt fleming http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/comment-page-1/#comment-190 matt fleming Sat, 22 Mar 2008 20:08:25 +0000 http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2008/03/08/how-to-setup-internet-connections-in-ubuntu/#comment-190 I am trying to get Ubuntu working to access the internet. I have a window's XP machine connected to a 2Wire combination dsl modem/rounter. I have the Ubuntu machine connected to a Linksys WET54G wireless ethernet bridge. The link is fine. If I connect the window's machine to the bridge, I can access the internet. On the Ubuntu machine, I can see the WET54 AND the 2Wire gateway if I set the ethernet to a fixed IP address. However, when I try to access the internet, I cannot see any sites that are not explicit IP addresses. When I switch the Ubuntu machine to dhcp, I cannot see either the bridge or gateway or the internet either. I did connect the Umbuntu box directly to the rounter and it did work OK for the internet when set to DCHP. So... What is different when I connect the Umbuntu machine to the WET54? I'm lost and neither AT&T or Linksys tech support will talk to me when I mention Linux is part of my system. Thanks! I am trying to get Ubuntu working to access the internet. I have a window’s XP machine connected to a 2Wire combination dsl modem/rounter. I have the Ubuntu machine connected to a Linksys WET54G wireless ethernet bridge. The link is fine. If I connect the window’s machine to the bridge, I can access the internet. On the Ubuntu machine, I can see the WET54 AND the 2Wire gateway if I set the ethernet to a fixed IP address. However, when I try to access the internet, I cannot see any sites that are not explicit IP addresses. When I switch the Ubuntu machine to dhcp, I cannot see either the bridge or gateway or the internet either. I did connect the Umbuntu box directly to the rounter and it did work OK for the internet when set to DCHP. So… What is different when I connect the Umbuntu machine to the WET54? I’m lost and neither AT&T or Linksys tech support will talk to me when I mention Linux is part of my system.

Thanks!

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