> but about this part > > <<<<<<Likewise, make sure that your boxes are > configured to obtain their IP automagically (including DNS). This > too is the default for these OSes. If you did not set up Linux with > networking, then that's a whole other ball of wax (you asked for help > with the router, so I'm assuming you're ok on the OS side).>>>> > > for one.. im a complete illeterate about linux.... my > dad built my pc and he's like 2,000 something miles away... > 2 on how to configure the modems to obtain ip.... we dont know > how........dns i dont even have the foggest idea what that means... > and again.. im new on linux.. soo linux networking???? please > explain....
You're ribbing me, right? First off, you don't have modems getting IPs on the computers -- they have network interface cards (NICs). These get a type of cable plugged into them that is called Category 5 (CAT5) and the connector on the end of it is an RJ45 connector (a bit bigger than a phone line's plug). You'll find the port to plug the cable into on the back of the PC. This is the same kind of cable that should have come with your cable modem and the Linksys router. IIRC, Linksys sends out a blue CAT5 cable with their routers (it's been a while). When you set up the OS (Windows, Linux), modern variants USUALLY detect and install the network card automagically. When they do this, the default configuration is to use DHCP. DHCP is the techie term for "get your IP somewhere else". In other words, the OS will send out a query on the network for IP information and a DHCP server will respond with the information. Given that information, the OS goes the next step and automagically configures itself to access the network. DNS is an acronym for Domain Naming System (or Domain Naming Service). It's how the computer goes between what you type in the browser (say, www.yahoo.com) and the IP address of the machine that holds the site you typed. To use the Internet, (well, to use it like most people do) you need access to DNS servers to complete this translation for you. Again, for most setups, this will be automagically configured when the OS uses DHCP to get your IP information. The Linksys router will act as the DHCP server for your network. The cable modem, or a system upstream of it, will act as the DHCP server for your Linksys router. Long made short -- if you plug everything in like I said, it should all work. At the very least, the Windows box should work. If the SUSE box doesn't come up, then you'll want to troubleshoot it. So, plug everything in like the diagram shows. Then turn on the cable modem and wait a few minutes for it to come up; plug in the Linksys router and wait a few minutes for IT to come up. Check to make sure the lights are appropriately lit, and turn on your PCs. When the PCs come up, open a command prompt (in Windows click START/RUN/CMD/<Enter>; in Linux open a terminal if you're in the graphical user interface (GUI)). At the command prompt type IPCONFIG in windows and IFCONFIG in Linux. Report back with the resulting output. James ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> AIDS in India: A "lurking bomb." Click and help stop AIDS now. http://us.click.yahoo.com/9QUssC/lzNLAA/TtwFAA/0XFolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this list, please email [EMAIL PROTECTED] & you will be removed. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/LINUX_Newbies/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
