Just installed Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and have no internet

LuvArabians · 03-24-2014, 08:55 AM

I just installed Ubuntu 12.04 onto an old Dell Inspiron 1521. I am unable to access the internet either by wireless or plugging the ethernet cable from the modem to the laptop. When I installed Ubuntu, I had the laptop connected to my router with an ethernet cable and it said I had internet on the screen that says how much space you need and that you should be plugged into a power source. I'm thinking I need to install drivers but I'm not sure and don't know how to do that with Linux. First time using it.

Thank you

yooy · 03-25-2014, 04:31 AM

if you had internet durig installation, and you can't get ethernet to work via network manager, than it is probably a bug. Give 13.10 version a try.

LuvArabians · 03-28-2014, 03:26 PM

Ok, thank you!

mark_alfred · 03-30-2014, 08:06 PM

If it's a wired pppoe connection (adsl), you may need to run "sudo pppoeconf" in the terminal. This will set up your connection.

ivtec · 04-03-2014, 05:59 PM

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Originally Posted by LuvArabians

Ok, thank you!

If you want to change i would rather go with Ubuntu 14.04 is LTS and it runs much better then 13.10

tommcd · 04-08-2014, 08:18 PM

And Ubuntu 14.04 will be released by the end of this month. Also, Ubuntu 14.04 will be a long term support (LTS) release, which means that that it should be supported for 5 years for the desktop version: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/LTS
The non-LTS versions of Ubuntu are only supported for 9 months. So if you do not want or need to upgrade every 6-9 months then the LTS version is the way to go.