Install cable internet Ubuntu

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This should be easy ... but despite unplugging my old serial external modem, Ubuntu still list PPP modem in Admin/Network. The router is hooked up and recognized in XP. I did some Googling but I think I'm missing something easy (or start editing /etc/network/interfaces).
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ifconfig lists only lo device.
 
The PPP listing is a red herring. It's there just in case you hook a modem up later.

You should see an Ethernet interface. It should automatically try to DHCP -- a broadcast asking for an IP address assignment and router to use to get to the outside world. Your router should answer the DHCP request and tell your machine how to get to the "internet". (The internet is that series of tubes that lets you buy herbal blue pills from Canada with the money you get from a chest that just needs a trustworthy partner to get it out of Nigeria.)

Did Ubuntu find your Ethernet adapter?

-Donald Becker
 
Cable modem --> router --> PC. It's not listed as a device in Admin/Network. It used to be listed months ago (I was playing around hooking router up to PC) but now it's gone.
 
Hmm, ethernet card not recognized. Bottom line.

-desktop:~$ lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31/P35/P31 Express DRAM Controller (rev 10)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 10)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) High Definition Audio Controller (rev 01)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 01)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 01)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 01)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 01)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 01)
00:1d.3 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 01)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 01)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev e1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR (ICH7 Family) LPC Interface Bridge (rev 01)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 82801GB/GR/GH (ICH7 Family) SATA IDE Controller (rev 01)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801G (ICH7 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 01)
01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 1026 (rev b0)
 
Further update - so no one wastes any time. My motherboard MFG offers Linux drivers, will try that first.
 
It doesn't show up in ifconfig, and last line of lspci shows:

01:00.0 Ethernet controller: Attansic Technology Corp. Unknown device 1026 (rev b0)

Apparently it's a Linux problem and the fargin drivers have to be compiled. My motherboard offers drivers but I don't have the build essentials package needed to make file - nor do I understand how to do it.
http://dlsvr03.asus.com/pub/ASUS/mb/socket775/P5KPL-CM/LinuxDrivers.zip

I think I'll throw in the towel and buy a network card. Maybe the D-LINK DFE-538TX - only $10.
 
Originally Posted By: NJC
I think I'll throw in the towel and buy a network card. Maybe the D-LINK DFE-538TX - only $10.


+1.

I am honestly aghast that there is still a (common) network card that doesn't work with Linux.
 
For quite a while the Marvell cards didn't work either. Doesn't surprise me.

A much better card than the D-Link is the 3COM 905x series.
 
Originally Posted By: uc50ic4more
Originally Posted By: NJC
I think I'll throw in the towel and buy a network card. Maybe the D-LINK DFE-538TX - only $10.

I am honestly aghast that there is still a (common) network card that doesn't work with Linux.

I've ran all kinds of hardware under Ubuntu and never had to compile anything. I'm not clever enough to run "make install" and put it in the proper directory etc. It's apparently solved in 8.10.
It's a pain in the [censored] but I researched the hades out of the motherboard (Asus P5KPL-CM) before buying and didn't see any red flags.
 
I'm thrifty and stubborn enough to want this to work, but everything I tried bombed. No 'net connection so I tried to get build essentials from CD. Fail. Not sure which dependencies I'd need if manually downloaded.

I googled, spent time at psychocats, Ubuntu wiki and Ubuntu forums.
 
3Com Corporation is discontinuing sales of the 3Com Fast Ethernet NIC (3C905CX-TX-M, 3C905CX-TX-M-25), effective April 10, 2006. Last order date in the United Kingdom and Europe is June 9, 2006, and August 31, 2006 for the rest of the world. There is no suggested replacement.
 
Dude, I was thinking E-bay, not suggesting he buy one NEW! Dear LORD!

I've got a STOCKPILE of of them because they work on basically any OS known to man out of the box.
 
Originally Posted By: OVERK1LL
Dude, I was thinking E-bay, not suggesting he buy one NEW! Dear LORD!


It seems like your choices for new network cards are limited to either [censored] that uses Realtek chips or Intel cards. So maybe used is indeed the way to go.

OTOH, a new Intel gigabit PCI card is about $25 and Ubuntu will work fine with it.
 
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