On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:25 PM, Narendra Sisodiya < [email protected]> wrote:
> > > 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 > Hi Narendra, Regarding the device: it is a Motorola SURFBoard SB5101 modem. Regarding MAC address: My ISP actually checks the MAC address and does not allow me to connect if it does not match their database. Are you sure a change of MAC address will help? If you are sure, please let me know about the command line argument to change it. Another thing: The connection requires a user name and password, but I don't know which protocol it uses to transmit these. Thanks, Mihir -- Mihir Mehta, B. Tech student, Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi. -- l...@iitd - http://tinyurl.com/ycueutm
