>>>>> "Kenneth" == Kenneth Scharf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I (finally) seem to have a working connection via IDSL. It
> works fine under windows by just setting up the IP, Gateway,
> Netmask, and DNS entries under the tcp/ip pulldown under the
> networking configuration for my network card.
> IP 216.xxx.xxx.xxx gateway 216.xxx.xxx.1 broadcast
> 216.xxx.xxx.255
> How do I do this under Potato? I changed the entries in
> /etc/networks/interfaces for my ethernet card to match the ip,
> gateway, and netmask that worked under windows, and the
> /etc/resolv.conf file I added the lines:
> nameserver 209.67.3.166 nameserver 209.185.207.135
> which are the actual nameserver ip's I was given.
> I then restarted the computer and tried to ping my gateway
> address (that worked). I could not however ping my dns ip's
> (network unreachable), nor get to the debian site when I ran
> apt-get. Any ideas?
Try installing one of the dhcp clients. dhcpcd, or something similar
(bootp?).
Marshal
> I will also need to install a second network card, recompile the
> kernel to support ipmasq, and set the IP on the second card to a
> local lan address so I can firewall the net to another computer
> (actually I am building a second computer to just handle the
> firewall stuff and my linux workstation will be on of three
> computers on the local lan, the other two running windows). Any
> ideas on what to do here?
> Thanks!
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