Anil Gulecha wrote: > > > On 6/27/06, *Pavan T C* <Pavan.Chandrashekar at sun.com > <mailto:Pavan.Chandrashekar at sun.com>> wrote: > > Moinak Ghosh wrote: > > Venky wrote: > > > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> * Now follow the instructions at (pppoe is already present on > BeleniX > >>> so you can ignore the "*INSTALLING PPPD 4.0" section.* > >>> > >>> http://www.phildev.net/solaris/spppoe.html > >>> > >> > >> > >> Do we need PPPoE? Shouldn't it be a regular DHCP or static IP > >> address as far as the computer is concerned? > >> > >> > > If you are using ADSL modem for Dataone, you'd need pppoe. If > you are > > using a router, then the router will do all the handshaking > and simple > > DHCP from the computer works. > > Not really. The ADSL modem (atleast the one that BSNL provides) > has the > pppoe dialler built into it. You would need nothing more than an IP to > your machine. Once you configure the modem with the ppp username and > password, it can take care of doing the ppp part of the > transaction and > will give your system an ethernet frame. > > > Yes thats right. The way i've configured now elsewhere is just by > entering the following data under the network settings: > a) IP address > b) Subnet mask > c) Default gateway > d) DNS servers > > GNOME has a straight forward tool to enter this info. I looked under > KDE but the utility says it does not support the platform (and lists > the supported platforms, asking me to select the one i think closely > matches the current platofrm. I tried with various BSDs and linuxes > with no luck). this utility is under settings>network>network > connection (or such)
BeleniX includes a simple network profile utility called netprof. You need to setup your profile in the directory /etc/netprof/. You can use one of the provided files as your template. The format is very easy. After creating a profile just execute /usr/bin/netprof which will pop-up a small menu. For more detailed info about basic network config in BeleniX see the BeleniX FAQ: http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Belenix_FAQ Regards, Moinak. > > BSNL provides dynamic IPs , and I dont think it supports DHCP. > > Regards > Anil > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >ug-bosug mailing list >List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org >List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org >List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54 > >
