hi guys...i have just installed ubuntu 9.04 in my home pc and it's my first time in using ubuntu, previously i'm windows-based user...
now i try to connect to internet but not yet have the dial-up things but i don't know how to create it....
i did find infos on this topic and i found it needed wvdial software and some says can do in the System>Administration>Network but i checked in the ubuntu i installed don't have the 'network' option...is it because i not yet install my modem driver?
please help me here...need you all guidance....thanx!!!!!

you have to manually configure ppp. Because dial up don't have the UI comes in by default.

there is a tutorial for that la...

not many ask for dial up anymore i guess

You can read the tutorial here:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/DialupModemHowto

why dial-up ?
u paid sewa talian rm26 + internet usage. the more u connect, the more u pay.
better just register celcom narrowband entry just rm38 only with dial-up speed 64kbps after using 500mb quota permonth.

thanx for the link....
but if i use wired broadband 1? i oso nid 2 install my modem driver rite?
all tat how? sorry for being so noob....

No, you won't need the modem drivers for broadband. Broadband uses ADSL modem which don't require drivers, you will need a network card to be installed, though

i already have the network card but how 2 setting it up? which option?

Ubuntu should have detected your network card, use your Network Manager applet to add your type of connection (usually it would auto eth0). If your card is not detected, you might need to find a solution to make that to work first.

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Easiest way to figure out if your network card in installed in Linux. Type:



into a Terminal window (Applications -> Terminal in Ubuntu)

If you see something like eth0 on the left side (amongst other things), Ethernet should be a matter of plugging in and working.

now i install the ubuntu inside the vmware and wish to connect to internet with wireless? is it possible and how? 'coz as i know vmware can connect with wired connection but i not sure with wireless connection....please help this topic...thanx!!!

Only if your wireless card is a USB dongle. You can use the USB passthrough to interface directly with the wireless dongle.

If your wireless is a PCI-E (aka built into your notebook), you're out of luck. VM's cannot directly interact with the PCI bus (its called a VIRTUAL machine for a reason).

Not is all lost through. Since the VM makes a virtual LAN connection (which is what you see as "can connect with wired connection") between Ubuntu and the host OS (I guess Windows), as long as the host OS has access to the internet you can access the internet from the VM'ed Ubuntu via NAT.

(I'm not sure about VMware (been a while since I used it; I use VirtualBox these days), but I think it should have VM-to-host NAT)

Of course, if you want to do the "fun" stuff like mac80211 frame injection and frags (no, not the CounterStrike kind) that only Linux can do, you're mostly out of luck....................