Okay,
Of course the best way to for you to do this is with ifconfig. type man
ifconfig for the instructions. But given that you seem to lack an adequate
understanding of IP routing maybe the best thing instead is to go through
the GUI, which I DO NOT think is a good idea, although I will address the
basics here, and you will probably find yourself even more confused with all
of the choices that mean nothing.
In the first scenario you need to also configure other scripts too, such as
/etc/resolv.conf and some others so this just might be easier for you even
though it is bad karma.
first, you need to make sure that your link light on the flowpoint or
netopia router is lit or there's no point.
Now, go to your desktop and open drakconfig, then network configuration.
start with the basic host configuration and on the first line enter
"name_of_your_box.your_domain.TLD
Then click the adapter1 tab and do the same thing on the first line (box).
leave the second line blank or enter just "name_of_your_box"
on the thrid line enter your IP addy and on the fourth your subnet mask. The
fourth line should be eth0. The kernal module is really up to you - you
should know what kind of NIC you have unless you bought the PC from a junk
dealer like compusa. Click on accept.
Now in the network configuration click on routing and gateways, then in the
box that pops up choose default route. In the box that now pops up put inthe
default gateway IP addy provided to you by your carrier (do not enable IP
forwarding), and then accept, quit, quit. That's all.
Activate changes.
now... you still have to give you box a name for itself so it's not confused
because it still thinks that it's name is "localhost.localdomain" or
something stupid like that.
from the shell prompt enter, "hostname name_of_your_box.your_domain.TLD"
Now type "ping ns1.mindspring.com"
if you get a response you're up and running!
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of cyrus pangilinan
> Sent: Sunday, October 01, 2000 5:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Configuring my internet connection.
>
>
> i use dsl, and i am having a hard time understanding the
> configuration on the networking part. i'm not sure if found
> my actual network card. but it shows a network card adapter.
> no name though. geez this is so frustrating. but all i know
> is that Mandrake 7.1 was easier to install rather than the
> redhat and suse distributions.
>
>
