> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tom Brinkman > Sent: Thursday, September 02, 2004 9:33 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Modem needed for UK Broadband > > > On Thursday 02 September 2004 02:31 pm, Margot wrote: > > Bryan Phinney wrote: > > > On Thursday 02 September 2004 09:27 am, John Richard Smith > wrote: > > >>OK then I bow to experience. > > >>Only I found in the device easy enough, but the with the > > >> network MCC still asks a lot of questions you don't know the > > >> answers to, and without those answers it don't work. Of > > >> course that is trying to set up a network. > > >> > > >>I just don't find it clear whether setting up a router/modem > > >> plus ethernet can be done with nothing more than getting the > > >> devices recognised by the system, or that you also have to > > >> have the beginning of a network as well. > > > > > > Most router/modems work based upon dhcp, which means that > > > they automatically assign an IP address, netmask, broadcast, > > > gateway, (some even do the domain name) to the cards that are > > > plugged into their systems. So, simply letting the MCC > > > wizard detect the card and then using the default selections > > > (they default to DHCP IIRC) should result in a working > > > network configuration. That is pretty much why I suggested > > > the router/modem route. Otherwise, you have to configure the > > > USB device, but then you are also going to have to configure > > > the Network connection with ID/password, etc to get the DSL > > > connection running. And I don't know of any standalone > > > router device so, if you want to share the network > > > connection, you have to set that up on the machine too. > > > > > > Again, to each his own, but I can't imagine any situation > > > where the USB one would be "easier" than ethernet. > > > > We seem to be drifting a bit here... > > > > As I said in my original message, I need a solution that > > doesn't involve screwdrivers - not just because I'm a girl (!) > > but I have ME - the combination of brainfog plus physical > > limitations means that installing anything that involves taking > > the case off the box is beyond my capabilities. > > > > As I understand it, an ethernet card would be installed inside > > the box - which means that I'd have to pay not only for the > > card but for the installation of it, and of course there's the > > inconvenience of having to take the box to the shop etc...plus > > the cost of the router which appears to be considerably more > > expensive than the USB modem. > > > > Right now, I can afford the broadband service plus the USB > > modem. I'd have to save up for another 2-3 months to go for the > > other option. I'd appreciate your opinion on this - will the > > ease of use of the ethernet option be worth the wait and the > > extra expense? > > > > Thanks > > Margot > > Margot, I think you need to be listening to Paul and Bryan, > et all, who suggest you go the hardware route and avoid USB/ > Speedtouch (akin to the aDSL version of a 'winmodem'). There is > absolutely no problem associated with removing your case cover > and installing a cheap D-link NIC in a pci slot. Takes less than > a few minutes, harddrake will find it on the next boot. I can't > believe that if you don't wanna do it, you can't find somebody to > do it for you. > > I believe you read the cooker list, an you should also be > seein the buggzilla's. If not, then just search them for > 'speedtouch' and 'usb'. I think that should be argument enough > that Paul and Bryan are givin you the best advice. Which is why > I've stayed out of this till now. https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/ > > The only thing I'd add is, (as root) 'urpmi rp-pppoe' and run > 'tkpppoe' to answer about a half dozen questions. Provider, > userID, password, DNS from server?, stuff like that. Your adsl > connection can then be started with 'adsl-start', and terminated > with 'adsl-stop'. It's easier to enable aDSL service this way, > than under Windoze. > -- > Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas > Proud to be an American > > Margot,
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