Saturday 10 December 2011

Configure 24Online for Ubuntu / Linux

At my home I connect to internet using 24Online. The service of this ISP is pretty good with prompt customer support. I recently installed Ubuntu 11.10 with dual boot on my Windows Vista PC. Ubuntu is a pretty good OS, but without an internet connection there's nothing much you can do with it.

For Windows, 24Online provides a UI client.


But for Linux there's no UI client available - only command line utility is available. If you already have an account with 24Online then you can log in your account from browser and download the file from "Client" menu in the website or you can download the file from here (13.2 KB). You can get your IPv4 settings by going to "Control Panel > Network and Sharing Center > Manage Network Connections". Right click on "Local Area Connection" icon and click on "Properties". From the dialog box select "Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)" and click on "Properties" button. Note down the IP addresses from the fields marked in the screenshot below.


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