i am either a moron, or its just not here.

**tmackey** · 05-07-2005

hey.. well i loaded ubuntu on my computer last night and tried to set up my internet connection. it was getting kind of late so i gave up. i woke up this morning and thought i'd try again. it didnt work that time either. i began to suspect something was wrong so i researched a little and read somewhere that earthlink doesnt work with linux. that made sence because mine sure isnt.. yes. quite disappointing.

right.. my point. i've looked around your forums and have found nothing regarding any recommendations to any other isp. if it accounts for anything, i'm from arkansas.. yeah..

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**dylunio** · 05-07-2005

How do you connect to the internet?

**tmackey** · 05-07-2005

earthlink dial-up

**designbydave** · 05-07-2005

network protocalls are standardized. their should make no difference what OS you running, as long as that OS supports the appriiate network protocalls. i would find it hard to believe that your peoblem is that earthlink doesent support linux. if that is indeed the case i would get a new isp asap

**tmackey** · 05-07-2005

you must not get it, dave. earthlink wont work with linux and we know this.. you're comment is in no way helpful to anything i asked of. once again, if there are any recommended isp's, i would like to know

**copycon** · 05-08-2005

I would look around for a local ISP that just uses a standard dialer. The problem with ISP's like Earthlink and AOL is that they use a proprietary dialer. Before I got DSL I used Prodigy which is owned by SBC and just uses a standard dialer. I would start with the local phone company first.

**rong** · 05-09-2005

Originally Posted by tmackey

you must not get it, dave. earthlink wont work with linux and we know this.. you're comment is in no way helpful to anything i asked of. once again, if there are any recommended isp's, i would like to know

Actually Dave DID GET it. You said " i researched a little and read somewhere that earthlink doesnt work with linux. that made sence because mine sure isnt" which sounds like you are saying thier system is incompatible. That's not the case. No ISP that I know of, and I've dealt with dozens, offers Technical Support when the OS is anything but Windows.

Earthlink, Adelphia, SBC, Verizon, and all the rest.......all have there 'moments' and most work most of the time and most of them are anything but 100%. Sounds to me like you need to focus on your modem setup first so perhaps you can post some specifics about what you have going on there.

**budman7** · 05-09-2005

There is no way possible that the OS is the problem with connecting to the internet.
Support from the ISP is a different matter.
If it were the OS causing the problem, what would happen in a dual-boot system. You are running Windows, then you reboot into Linux and you lose the internet connection. I don't think so.
Example, there was a time when I was running Windows and I could not connect to the internet, with Windows or Linux.
Booted into Windows, I did "ipconfig /release", and then "ipconfig /renew"
Now my internet connection works in Windows. I reboot into Linux and I can connect to the internet just fine.
But my ISP, Comcast, they don't support Linux, AFAIK, just Windows.

**retired1af** · 05-09-2005

Rong and DesignbyDave are correct. You do not need Earthlinks software to connect to their service. Earthlink even gives instructions on their website to connect manually using Mac or Windows.

You need to ensure your modem is working properly. Once that's done, you can then manually connect to Earthlink.

**tmackey** · 05-09-2005

now.. i reloaded xp and i connected just fine. this indicates to me that there's nothing wrong with the modem. and i looked on the earthlink site and thought i saw something about manually connecting to the internet, but it was a list of os's that they had connection software for. i dont think that's what i need... or is it? even if it is i saw no distro's of linux there.

http://support.earthlink.net/support...necting/dialup <thats where the list is. it's at the bottom of the page.

my main concern is will earthlink work with ubuntu?
ANOYONE:
it'd be a few less headaches if you'd just spell it out for me. step by step if you don't mind, and if you can find the time..

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