set-up DSL?

[Dean Kwak]

hello,

i'm trying to set up my earthlink DSL to my linux box. is it even
possible to use DSL with my RED hat 6.2 linux box? i heard that it is
possible with @home cable but not sure if it'd be working with DSL. I'd
be appreciated if you could help me how to set-up if it's possible...

thanks

please reply to in...@earthlink.net

[Werner Puschitz]

If you have already set up your account with you ISP on Windows then
download PPPoE for Linux from http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/

Install the rpm package with rpm -ivh <package name> and run /usr/sbin/adsl-setup which
will create DSL configuration files for you specific ISP. After that use adsl-start and
adsl-stop to connect and to disconnect.

Werner

[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <Pine.A41.4.21.001130...@homer12.u.washington.edu>,

Dean Kwak <ura...@u.washington.edu> writes:
> hello,
>
> i'm trying to set up my earthlink DSL to my linux box. is it even
> possible to use DSL with my RED hat 6.2 linux box? i heard that it is
> possible with @home cable but not sure if it'd be working with DSL. I'd
> be appreciated if you could help me how to set-up if it's possible...

There are two issues you must concern yourself with when setting up DSL
or cable modem access in Linux:

1) The modem type -- internal, external Ethernet, and external USB are
the three major types. Of these, external Ethernet is the only one
that's guaranteed to work. I know of one internal DSL modem with
Linux drivers, and I've heard of work underway or beta drivers for
other internal and USB modems, but mostly these are worthless.
Fortunately, you can usually trade in or otherwise replace such a
modem, if you're willing to pay the price (perhaps $100 or so on
eBay -- but you may be able to turn around and sell what you've got
for close to that).
2) The IP address assignment method -- static IP addresses and DHCP pose
no problems and should be handled fine. (There are occasional
glitches with some DHCP clients, though.) PPPoE is the latest craze
in DSL, and is trickier, but still do-able. Check
http://www.rodsbooks.com/network/network-dsl.html for a list of
several Linux PPPoE implementations. There's also PPPoA, which is
rarer but seems to be growing in popularity. I don't know what's
required to get that working.

Once you've figured out what your ISP needs for these things, you can
grab any necessary hardware or software and go at it. If you still have
problems, post with more details.

--
Rod Smith, rods...@rodsbooks.com
http://www.rodsbooks.com
Author of books on Linux & multi-OS configuration

[Michael Perry]

Not all dsl lines need the pppoe stuff. As an example, my pacbell dsl (not
PBI) uses the alcatel athome external dsl box. This is a simple ethernet
device which plugs into the phone line and has a cat5 ethernet connector
which I then feed to a firewall/NAT box. For me, I brought up two network
interfaces in debian potato, told it that one was for the external network
and one for internal, plugged the internal network card into a hub, did some
fuddling/fiddling with routes, and installed and modified the ipmasq deb
package.

I also have one static IP address but my ISP does not stop the use of NAT.
Its nice to have an enlightened (and BSD/Linux) ISP. :)

--
Michael Perry
mpe...@tsoft.com
------------------

[jmccle...@my-deja.com]

Here's a total newbie question for you:

Where do you enter the information for IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway
and DNS servers for Linux? I'm running RH 6.2 using Pacbell's DSL. My
machine connects to the internet fine, because I entered the static IP
when installing, but I'm just wondering where I make the other changes
if need be,

Thanks!

~j

> Not all dsl lines need the pppoe stuff. As an example, my pacbell dsl
(not
> PBI) uses the alcatel athome external dsl box. This is a simple
ethernet
> device which plugs into the phone line and has a cat5 ethernet
connector
> which I then feed to a firewall/NAT box. For me, I brought up two
network
> interfaces in debian potato, told it that one was for the external
network
> and one for internal, plugged the internal network card into a hub,
did some
> fuddling/fiddling with routes, and installed and modified the ipmasq
deb
> package.
>
> I also have one static IP address but my ISP does not stop the use of
NAT.
> Its nice to have an enlightened (and BSD/Linux) ISP. :)
>
> --
> Michael Perry
> mpe...@tsoft.com
> ------------------
>

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[Herb Stein]

There is a configuration script to let you do that but I forget what it's
named. But basically, all you have to do is edit these files manually:

/etc/hosts
/etc/resolv.conf
/etc/sysconfig/network
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0

If you are hosting virtual sites (probably not), also change:

/etc/sysconfig/ipaliases

[Rod Smith]

[Posted and mailed]

In article <9169pl$8d1$1...@nnrp1.deja.com>,

jmccle...@my-deja.com writes:
> Here's a total newbie question for you:
>
> Where do you enter the information for IP, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway
> and DNS servers for Linux? I'm running RH 6.2 using Pacbell's DSL. My
> machine connects to the internet fine, because I entered the static IP
> when installing, but I'm just wondering where I make the other changes
> if need be,

In RH 6.2, the first three are most easily entered in linuxconf. Type
"linuxconf" as root to start this tool. The settings are somewhere in
the networking client configuration area, but I don't recall the exact
menu item offhand. I believe you can also enter DNS servers somewhere in
there, too. If not, you can enter them manually in the /etc/resolv.conf
file.