Is it necessary to specify IP addresses anywhere at all? I'm not sucessfully online in Linux yet. Don't know what I'm missing.
Thanks, Jeff ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Grote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR> Hey Justin, JR> They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? JR> I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right JR> now, the network card is set for "static" with an IP address specified - the JR> primary IP that SBC gave me. JR> I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to me. JR> Thanks, JR> Jeff JR> P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! JR> ----- Original Message ----- JR> From: "Justin Grote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JR> To: "Jeff Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> JR> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM JR> Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR>> Hello, JR>> JR>> I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except JR>> for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My JR>> primary concern right now is getting online. JR>> JR>> I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 JR>> modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have JR>> the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that JR>> they do not support Linux. JR>> JR>> I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer JR>> complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does JR>> appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the JR>> Internet connection. I do recall a notice that the download JR>> version may not work with some DSL modems due to not having JR>> commercial software included with it. Is this the issue I am JR>> having, and is it possible to get online with the free download JR>> version over a DSL connection? JR>> JR>> Thanks very much, JR>> Jeff JR>> JR> Does your ISP use PPoE or PPoA (Point-To-Point over Ethernet/ATM)? Many DSL JR> providers do, in which case you'll have to set up your DSL modem for PPoE JR> (DrakConnect should make this easy). JR> A Google Groups post: JR> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mandrake+speedstream+5100+support&hl=en&lr=lang_en&ie=UTF-8&selm=jK-dnc4Z2flGHrbdRVn-tw%40giganews.com&rnum=1 JR> mentions that the hardware should work "out of the box", so the issue JR> regarding DSL modem interoperability shouldn't be a problem. I'll bet that JR> you have it set up for plain ol' ethernet and DHCP and the ISP requires JR> either PPoE or PPoA. JR> Again, drakconnect should make this real easy. JR> ______________________________ JR> Justin Grote JR> Network Architect, CCNA JR> The Whistlepunk JR> Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR> SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR> Phone: (208) 631-5440 This DSLReports FAQ should help if you lost the instructions: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8720 ______________________________ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440
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