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Can't log onto my network!
LunchboX:
I thought some of you might be able to help me with my litle Linux problem =].
I installed it a about a year and a half ago (or so it seems) and I really liked it. I liked it so much I reformated my other hard drives on that computers (that ran windows) and reinstalled Linux so it could have more space =] I realize I could have done it without reformating my hard drive (I really don't know, I'm just guessing) but I didn't know much about Linux at the time (and I still don't, sadly). The main point is, though, I used a 56k modem and it worked fine. Then I got DSL, networked all of my computers so I could share an internet connection, and, well, realized that I don't know how to install a network using Linux.
That's when I realized that I should stop only reading this forum, but also ask questions, talk, and become a member of this little anti-microsoft community :D .
Basiclly, I'm just asking how to network my Linux computer.
I use Caldera eDesktop 2.4, a D-Link DFE-530TX+ Fast Ethernet 10/100Mbps Adapter, and a D-Link DI-704 router. I use PPPoE.
Sorry if what I wrote is sloppy, I'm really tired, I didn't sleep all night =/
I also heared that only Windows supports PPPoE- I'm not a very big network guru, so I'm not sure. I really I'm wrong :cool:
Thanks in advance!
P.S
I really like this little community, I hope I could talk to ya'll later.
badkarma:
http://www.google.com turned up http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/
on the query of "linux PPPoE HOWTO"
never underestimate the power of a search engine, they know a lot more then we all combined do
triston1976:
I just run a "man -k ppp" on my linux box and had 15 man pages comeup including an interesting one...
"pppoed.conf configuration file for pppoe"
I haven't set this up before, but it looks to me like I can setup a pppoe server... I dont see why the client side wouldn't work...
"Shit" Looks like Karma gave you the best advice though that link takes you right to a client side / server side utility...
LunchboX:
All right, thanks guys.. I hope it'll work! I'm at a friend's house, so I can't check.. =/
dbl221:
I use Mandrake and I also have DSL and a router. This router allows my wife and my brother in law to also use the Internet on their Windows machines.
The equipment: Router that supports PPPoe and NAT
NIC
DSL modem from your ISP
Your router should support and be set up to act as a DHCP server. RTFM
Each computer on your network must be configured to dynamically obtain an IP from the router...in X-Windows there will be a network config program of some sort....in SuSe just use YAST or YAST2.
There is no need to install any kind of PPPoe software on your Linux Box....it just gets the IP from your router...your ISP assigns your IP to your DSL modem...your router translates all internal private IP addresses like 192.168.*.* into the real IP address from the ISP.......this is NAT ...network address translation.
Summary: internal-host=192.168.123.5
WAN IP=124.56.89.55
Remember to tell each computer on the internal network to use the DNS name servers your ISP told you to use.
Good Luck
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