system did not seem to recognize connextant external modem in USB also unable to open files on cd rom from modem

Oh, I forgot to add this, I have Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet Card which should be good with Linux but I m not sure.

When you install Ubuntu it should detect the network card because the Realtek RTL8139 is a card that Linux supports without any additional drivers.

The Iskara Calisto 821 modem has a DHCP server built in which you will need to enable. It is under the LAN tab in the web based admin tool.

Have you tried to install Ubuntu yet? Have you had any specific problems?

Yes, I have Ubuntu installed already basicaly I m runing two OS at the same time. How do I enable that DHCP server and where is that web based admin tool.

Thanks for further respons.

Try this............System-Administration-Networking- this will show configured network cards, generally eth0 is your main card.......select this with a left click and click properties, make sure -enable this connection- is ticked in the box, and for configuration select -DHCP-

Hope this helps,

Phil.

Yes, I did that already, doesn t work.

Can you type some commands and paste the results here? To type commands you need to open a terminal like this:-

Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal.

The comands are:-

lspci
ifconfig
route
cat /etc/resolv.conf

Each one produces some output that you can select with the mouse and paste into a text editor. You can then save it. You will probably then need to either copy it onto a usb device of some kind because Ubuntu probably won't be able to write to your XP partition.

Alternatively you can save the files under Ubuntu and then access them using XP and and this driver installed under XP:-

http://www.fs-driver.org/

Ispci – not found

ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0F:EA:E2:24:A4
          inet6 addr: fe80::20f:eaff:fee2:24a4/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:12 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:2520 (2.4 KiB)
          Interrupt:185 Base address:0xc000

lo Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
          RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:272 (272.0 b) TX bytes:272 (272.0 b)

route
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface

cat/etc/resolv.conf
bash: cat/etc/resolv.conf: No such file or directory

lspci should be found - it's spelled lima, sierra, papa, charlie, indigo.

However the fact that you have an eth0 is a bonus.

Your router probably has the IP address 192.168.1.1, so once you have an ipaddress you can point your browser at the router by visiting http://192.168.1.1/ - most routers will have some documentation detailing this on their website.

Can you show the result of this command (which should grab an IP address from your router).

dhclient eth0

It should try to get an IP address from your router. If your router has DHCP disabled then you can forcably give your network card an IP address like this:-

sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Then try to ping the router

ping -c 5 192.168.1.1

If that works, point your web browser at http://192.168.1.1/

Also note that you can check the configuration of the router using the above url from the windows xp partition.

In addition could you please paste the result of the following command from XP?

ipconfig /all

I don t have stable IP its changing every time I restart my compluter but give a minute and I will try to do all this.

This is from XP, but its in Sloven i will try to translate.

Microsoft Windows XP [različica 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

IP Configuration for Windows

        name of hoster . . . . . . . . . . . . : hoj-04d092a770f
        Primary DNS . . . . . . . . . :
       Rounting of IP. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy omogočen. . . . . . . . . . : Ne

Ethernet card Local Area Connection:

       With connectin choosen DNS . . :
        Opis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Et
hernet NIC
        Adreess . . . . . . . . . . . : 00-0F-EA-E2-24-A4
        DHCP choosen . . . . . . . . . . . : yes
        Automatic Configuration choosen . : yes
        Automatic IP . . . : 169.254.147.88
        Mask of underconnection. . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Privzeti prehod . . . . . . . . . . :
        DNS . . . . . . . . . . . : 85.255.114.99
                                              85.255.112.229

PPP card ADSL:

        With connection choosen DNS pripona . . :
        Opis. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
       Adress. . . . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        DHCP choosen . . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        IP adreess . . . . . . . . . . . . . : 86.61.111.196
        Mask of underconnection. . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Privzeti prehod . . . . . . . . . . : 86.61.111.196
        DNS . . . . . . . . . . . : 85.255.114.99
                                              85.255.112.229
        NetBIOS trhouth Tcpip . . . . . . . . : Not turned on

C:\Documents and Settings\ADMIN>

hodrago@hodrago-desktop:~$ dhclient eth0
Internet Systems Consortium DHCP Client V3.0.3
Copyright 2004-2005 Internet Systems Consortium.
All rights reserved.
For info, please visit http://www.isc.org/products/DHCP

can't create /var/lib/dhcp3/dhclient.leases: Permission denied
Can't create /var/run/dhclient.pid: Permission denied
drop_privileges: could not set group id: Operation not permitted

hodrago@hodrago-desktop:~$ sudo ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.20 netmask 255.255.255.0
Password:

I don t now the password I tryed with the one i use to connect to internet and the one I to login to Linux. I don t now what to type in there to change that sorry. Any suggestin.

hodrago@hodrago-desktop:~$ ping -c5 192.168.1.1
connect: Network is unreachable

Please, I steal need help anyone

Can you confirm how your modem is attached to the computer? Is it attached by USB or Ethernet?

If I teal the truth I don t now, but i have checked the cables, it goes like this: There is one cable leading from modem to the Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet Card one to the electric and one in the wall to the connectin.

Look at the cable coming into your computer.

If it is ethernet then the plug looks like this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:UTP_ethernet_cable_8pin_modular_jack_endings.jpg

If it is USB then it looks like this:-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Type_A_USB_connector.jpg

If it is ethernet (which I suspect it is) then the following page details how to setup PPPoE - which is what I believe XP is using to connect to your ISP.

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

Its Ethernet

I have follow all that steps but nothing works, I m reading throuth this at the moment http://packages.ubuntu.com/.

Steal doesn t work, it would be great if someone could connect into my Windows XP Professional and make changes throuth it. Is it possible.

When you were following https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE did you get any errors, and did you use the Username and Password provided by your ISP?

I tryed all that but when I was trying step one so Configuring PPPoE with the command line It asked me for a password when I typed the password I have for aceess to my internet, it asked me again I typed it 3 times then I have get a normal line back again.

Yes, I have enter that password, but it says its not correct.

Whats weird is that it looks like this: password: and when i try to enter it I have to press enter then in a few seconds it says password its not correct try again. Do you want a screenshot

As a test can you go to Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal and type the following

sudo whoami

It should ask for your Ubuntu password - the one you logged onto the desktop with. Type that in, press enter and let me know what it says.

Doesn t work, this is what I get:

hodrago@hodrago-desktop:~$ sudo whoami
Password:
roza1209
Sorry, try again.
Password:
roza1209
Sorry, try again.
Password:

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Thank you, thank you, thank you I have change my password and tryed again its working now, I m replaying from Linux. Thank you guys.

Glad to hear that you got it working :-)

thanks

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