Hey Justin, They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right now, the network card is set for "static" with an IP address specified - the primary IP that SBC gave me.
I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to me. Thanks, Jeff P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! ----- Original Message ----- From: "Justin Grote" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jeff Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM 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> Does your ISP use PPoE or PPoA (Point-To-Point over Ethernet/ATM)? Many DSL providers do, in which case you'll have to set up your DSL modem for PPoE (DrakConnect should make this easy). A Google Groups post: 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 mentions that the hardware should work "out of the box", so the issue regarding DSL modem interoperability shouldn't be a problem. I'll bet that you have it set up for plain ol' ethernet and DHCP and the ISP requires either PPoE or PPoA. Again, drakconnect should make this real easy. ______________________________ 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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