Glen
How difficut it is will also depend on your service provider and the type
of modem.
Two cases in point are mine and Philomena's. She had no problem, but mine
will not work in Linux. First it is a USB moden, but even if it wasn't they
have not even come up with Win2000 drivers much less Linux drivers. Secondly
my service provider does not use standard PPP, they use PPPoE.
My advise is to do some homework about your service before it is
installed. That way you will not spend a lot of time trying to get it to
work in Linux if ti in fact won't.
Charles
----- Original Message -----
From: "philomena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] DSL
> Hi Glenn,
>
> For me, the DSL setup was the easiest part of the installation - I set it
up as if
> I were setting up a local lan - no dialup at all. All I needed was my IP
addresses
> (my own, the gateway and the DNS servers) and I was pretty much set. You
would use
> the Network Config section of Drakconf. One dificulty I had was with the
NIC -
> first one I had needed updated drivers, and as a complete newbie, that
was a
> challenge. I got it working, but eventually got a new machine with a
different
> card, and things were smooth after that. If your NIC is on the supported
list, you
> shouldn't have any problems.
> and DSL is GREAT !! :-)
>
> cheers,
> philomena
>
> Glenn Johnson wrote:
>
> > Hi all. I'm anxiously awaiting installation of a DSL line here at home.
Are any
> > of you currently accessing the web with DSL? If so, was it easy to set
up and
> > get on-line? How is it done?
> >
> > Thanks a million.
> >
> > Glennzo...
>
>
