You have defined your Connection to the Internet and verified the setup of the connection,
and are now ready to connect to the Internet :

Select from the Start-Menu : Settings / Network Connections and then your connection
(like for a modem connection ) :

or you can call you again the Network Connections and select your connection, then select in "Network Tasks" : "Start this Connection" or simply double-click on your connection

	It will show your Username. for my connection, it was required to append to the username "@SKYNET", to allow the server at my phone-company to connect me to my ADSL Internet provider. select to "Connect"
	You will hear nothing (unlike then connecting via a modem), while you get connect to your ISP.
	your username and password are verified.
	If username and password are ok, you will get a connection icon in your taskbar.
	Right-click the taskbar icon to get the menu.
	A quick look at the "Status": tab: General It displays the connection time, the amount of data transferred and it allows to "Disconnect"
	tab: Details It displays the network parameters, including the IP-address assigned to you for this connection by your ISP.

Happy Internet Surfing !

Once you are done, don't forget to disconnect : Right-click on the taskbar icon, then: "Disconnect" :