--- Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Date: Thu, 19 Apr 2007 19:33:59 +0100 (BST) > From: Roshan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Connected to the internet (MTNL Triband) > using USB in Kubuntu 6.06 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hello List, > > I was trying to connect to the internet using > different Live CDs including Freespire, Ubuntu 6.10, > Xubuntu 6.10. through the USB port that was conne > cted > to the ADSL (Dlink 502-T) router. Somehow, all the > above didn't manage to configure the device > automatically on boot up, though Ubuntu 6.10 listed > the device on the device manger. > > I finally tried Dapper Drake (Kubuntu 6.06) and it > automatically configured the device (allocating IP > address through DHCP) and Konqueror (my smart > browser > - as I call it) proved that the device is working > and > I'm connected to the internet. > > I wonder, if Ubuntu has the same base as Kubuntu, > why > didn't ubuntu do it? AFAIK, the desktop environment > is > the different, but the base is same, isn't it? > > (This was on Dell E1405 running the Kubuntu 6.06 > Live > CD). > > If one can list steps, that I probably had to follow > for Ubuntu 6.10, please let me know.
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