I believe that the existence of humanity is impossible without internet . So one imp thing we look at is how ubuntu supports the ethernet cards or even wireless cards .
Normally the ethernet card or the wireless card vendors donot release the source code of their drivers or the linux version of the drivers which was a cause of panic for all linux users !!! and thanks to microsoft marketing , which makes sure everyone releases drivers for windows !
But now linux hackers have come up with a new thing called ndiswrapper - this just makes ur linux work for ur ethernet card or wireless card if u have a windows driver for it :) .
"This project implements Windows kernel API and NDIS (Network Driver Interface Specification) API within Linux kernel. A Windows driver for wireless network card is then linked to this implementation so that the driver runs natively, as though it is in Windows, without binary emulation." - http://ndiswrapper.sourceforge.net/joomla/
So ur ubuntu will be up with internet as soon as u boot . u donot need to worry at all . For me it has worked with both ethernet card and cheap wireless cards too !
If you want to configure the network settings , go to System->Administration->network .
It will display a list of all network interfaces you have . Then configure all parameters whether dhcp , static etc as in windows . For wireless cards , it displays the available networks too .
If you want to restart network services after changing any thing just use
/etc/init.d/network restart ( you actually donot need to do this , once u press 'ok' in the gui )
Alternatively you can edit the /etc/network/interfaces file to change settings .
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