if your dsl modem is feeding into an ethernet card (some feed usb instead)
the set-up ought be very similar...
the primary name (as in item 9 below) is the complete name of your computer,
as assigned to you by your ISP...the portion before the first dot (reading
from the left) is unique to your computer, and is often a bunch of letters
and numbers...the portion after the first dot is the domain name of your
ISP...
your user name is the name you type in to identify yourself to your
ISP...often something like jtsmithwinkle, or a made-up handle like
gorethunker, THEpid, or leftnostril...
your computer host name is that part of your "primary name + domain" that
comes before the first dot...
hope that's clear...if not, let me know and i'll garble forth some more...
frank
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On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Joshua Holland wrote:
> would this be the same for DSL connection? And what is primary name?
> The user name? Or my computer host name? All I have from ISP is
> domain name
>
> >1. be in root to accomplish the following:
> >2. open drakconf
> >3. click on network setup
> >4. click on networking
> >5. click on basic host information
> >6. click on adapter 1
> >7. select the enabled button
> >8. select the Dhcp button
> >9. type in the Primary name + domain (this is something like
> >cm55631.cox-internet.com the cable company has given you this name)
> >10. make up a name for your computer and fill in alias (if you want to)
> >11. leave IP address blank
> >12. Netmask is optional - likely is 255.255.255.0
> >13. Net device ought likely be eth0
> >14. Kernal module ought to have been filled by mandrake during install
> >15. click accept to close the host basic configuration window
> >
> >16. click on Name server specs (DNS) in the prior window
> >17. fill in the IP numbers for server 1 and 2 if cox has given you
> > these...if they've not, then you likely do not need them...IP numbers are
> > quadsets of the form: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> >18. click accept to close that window
> >
> >19. click routing and gateways on the prior window
> >20. click on "set defaults"
> >21. fill in the Default gateway quadset number...cox has given you this...
> >22. select "enable routing"
> >23. click on accept
> >24. click quit on immediately prior window
> >25. click quit on next prior window
> >26. click quit on the last window left open...another small window will
> >open...
> >27. click on "activate the changes" in this small window...
