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Dec 17, 2010

A few weeks ago I decided to install Ubuntu and try it. I was really exited about running Ubuntu in my computer. I was all fired up about the new software I installed. I found that I needed an internet connection to get additional software.
So my first task was to get an internet connection, I did a lot of research about this subject and I encounter small but a lot of difficulties.

I was trying with an internal modem in my computer and with a WiFi antenna with no success.

I don't want to give up, at least not yet, I hope that someone in this forum can lead me to get a successful internet connection.

The equipment I am using is as follows:

Computer Compaq
Internal modem
WiFi driver in tar.bz2 format.

This is the WiFi description: External Antenna USB WiFi Wireless IEEE 802.11G/B WLAN 54Mbps Network Adapter USB2.0 Wireless Lan USB Adapter for Laptop Noteook Desktop PC Suport Vista/Windows 7(32bit & 64bit)/Linux.

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