--- Dave Sherman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Friday 19 October 2001 12:17, Paul Schwebel > I'm > > trying to set my up DSL connection. I have a > hardware > > connection from my NIC(eth0) to the DSL modem on a > > standalone Linux box. > > Is the DSL modem an external modem/router/bridge, or > an internal card? I > will assume an external DLS modem...
This is an external DSL modem. I'm fairly sure it's not a router, since my PC, formerly WinMe, was responsible for a user ID and password. > > > I'm a bit confused by the set up process using the > > Mandrake Control Center. It detects my NIC (3com . . . > > standalone machine. Do I need to configure both of > > these to get to the Internet thru the DSL modem > > attached to my NIC? > > Just use the LAN Configuration. Ignore the other > options. I will try this. > > Also, if this isn't too much to ask, I'd also like > to > > know the _process_. That is, in M$Windows, I know . . . would want a real > firewall in place to protect them. Your router is > probably also set up to > do DHCP for you (mine was, but I disabled it) on > your internal network. > > Therefore, you can choose a LAN Connection, and > simply tell Mandrake to > use DHCP for your NIC. And that's it. The DSL router > (acting as a gateway > and DHCP server) takes care of the rest. Again, I will try this, but I think my DSL device is strictly a modem. When I was running WinMe, I had it configured for DHCP. When I first started playing with Linux, I had a SuSE 7.1 install that worked by using rp-pppoe, but I'm still so new at Linux that I don't know what else is required for the connection. When I set up rp-pppoe on Mandrake I still couldn't connect. > > If you want the nitty-gritty on exactly which config > files are used to set > up your networking, consult the networking-howto. > > Hope this helps, > Dave Thanks, this is all very informative, -Paul __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Make a great connection at Yahoo! Personals. http://personals.yahoo.com
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