Setting Up Internet In Linux Mint 4?help Needed

hi

i have just installed linux mint 4 (instead of vista)(but i also still got win xp)

and renoise 2 works great

but i was wondering how do you guys set up internet in linux??

theres only .exe files in the set-up for my modem

i would like to get it up n running so i could update linux

ahh i found something on the linux mint forum,that might help me(btw im also downloading linux mint 6 atm)