On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM, Mihir Mehta <[email protected]>wrote:
> Hi people, > I'm having trouble connecting to the internet at home using Ubuntu (though > it is working fine using Windows 7). I have a broadband connection which > works through a Motorola SURFboard SB5101 modem (something called PPPoe over > WAN miniport is also involved). I have connected my laptop to it using an > Ethernet cable (or LAN cord as it is popularly called in IIT D.) In Windows, > I just needed to set up a new broadband connection, which is very easy. But > in Ubuntu, I am just not being able to connect, or to be strictly accurate, > it tells me that I am now disconnected from the wired network, a few seconds > after I turn on Ubuntu. So far, I've tried changing the MAC address in > 'Auto eth0' because my ISP (named You Telecom) checks the machine's MAC > address before allowing it to connect, but I am still not able to connect. > > Does anyone have a clue about what to do in this situation? Please let me > know if I have left any information out. > > Thanks, > Mihir > I am still not getting what kinds of device you have. But Change MAC address of Command line using ifconfig - somebody told me that in GUI , MAC address change is not effective. If you have Ethernet cable to connect then you do not need any driver or any stuff. So In my openion just set MAC using command line and that will work. If you are connecting with USB cable then it will become USB modem and then you need wvdial to configure it. -- ┌─────────────────────────┐ │ Narendra Sisodiya │ http://narendrasisodiya.com └─────────────────────────┘ -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
