Dear Larry, On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 3:04 PM, Larry Hager <larrymeditates@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi Antonio, > > I forgot how to get help at linmodems. The messages I send keep getting > sent back so I'm therefore sending an e-mail directly to you. > > My problem with Linux is as follows: > I'm in the > > I'm running Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and if running uname -r correctly, my kernel > is 3.2.0-29-generic-pae. > > I have a DSL connection and the system seems to be connected but I can't > connect with Firefox. Do I need to reconfigure a winmodem for this? Thanks > for your help! If you have DSL, you should just connect directly, but sadly I am inexperienced with DSL. What does output of $ sudo ifconfig -a show? $ sudo cat /etc/resolv.conf Otherwise, a nice howto is found here: http://www.techotopia.com/index.php/Connecting_an_Ubuntu_Linux_System_to_a_DSL_Modem Hope it helps. Best Regards, Antonio > > Take care, > > Larry