** Reply to message from "Greg Stewart" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed,
16 Aug 2000 17:12:01 -0400
> >You need to determine whether your ISP uses straight TCP/IP or pppoe
>)PPP-over-ethernet) as the protocol. If so, you need to obtain pppoe--try searching
>freshmeat.net.
> >
> >--Greg
> > Help! I am a new Linux Mandrake user and I have an ADSL modem connected to a
>Ethernet card on my machine. How do I connect to the ISP (Singtel Magix) ?
> >
> > In windows98, I had the RAS Session Manager to make the connection. How do I do
>it in Linux
> >
> > appreciate some good advice...
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
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> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Help! I am a new Linux Mandrake user and
> > I have an ADSL modem connected to a Ethernet card on my machine. How do I
> > connect to the ISP (Singtel Magix) ?</FONT></DIV>
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> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In windows98, I had the RAS Session Manager to
> > make the connection. How do I do it in Linux</FONT></DIV>
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> > <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>appreciate some good advice...</FONT></DIV>
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Hello Greg,
ADSL connection is quite simple actually, providing your provider is
using pppoe you can install rp-pppoe software from cooker distro and
simply edit the /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf file with the pertinnent information
then activate pppoe by the command adsl-start
dave
David M. Kufta
Konsult Ltd.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Mandrake Linux 7.1 (2.2.17) / Polarbar Mailer 1.16c
JDK 1.1.8 IBM build l118-20000325 (JIT enabled: jitc)
