Ubuntu 8.10 internet problems

[Lotster]

I'm trying to get my internet to work on Ubuntu 8.10. I'm very new to Linux; I've been all over Ubuntu's forums and I simply can't find a solution. Hopefully someone here can help me!

I have an account with WiproNet (Plotnet). I use a wireless network connection to connect to their tower, after which I use PPPoE to connect to the Internet.

In Windows is works perfectly; the wireless connects without a static IP address, and it says something like "Limited Connectivity". However, after this I run the PPPoE connection, and it connects to the internet.

In Ubuntu, first of all, the wireless connection doesn't connect to the tower; I can detect it in the network manager, but it seems like it needs an IP address to connect. I tried to run pppoeconf, and it scans (it actually sees wlan0) but it doesn't find any PPPoE connections.

Can anyone please help me with this?

By the way, keep in mind that I can't download additional software, since I would need an internet connection for that...

 

[.Froot.]

Did you create a pppoe connection from the pppoe program in the terminal?
Type this into your terminal: "sudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces"
check if there are two lines at the end with "auto wlan0" or the likes. Comment it out with a "#" and then reboot.

 

[Lotster]

Yes, I tried to create it from the terminal using pppoecfg, and it scans eth0 and wlan0 without finding any PPPoE connections.

The interfaces file only has the lines about the loopback, nothing about wlan0.

 

[.Froot.]

If you say it scanned the network but couldn't find anything, then that means the tower does not allow for scanning for the "WAN minipppoe" (the modem). In Windows it is done by brute force. Linux wants to be able to see it.

 

[Lotster]

All right; I can understand that, thanks... Is there any way to brute force it in Linux?