On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mike Burger wrote: > > |On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Joseph Gumbosky wrote: > | > |> Hi, > |> > |>Last night, I installed Fedora CORE 2 over my Xandros2 partition. > (I was > |>dual booting Xandros and XP.) The installation went flawlessly. It > |>recognized the Xandros partition as Linux and gave me the option of > |>overwriting only that part of the disk. I can now boot into Fedora > or XP. > |>No problems. Nice job! > |> > |>Now, I'm a bit spoiled with Xandros. But, Fedora seems quite usable to > |>me...with just one issue. > |> > |>I cannot access the internet. I use Verizon's DSL service connected > through > |>the Ethernet port. When I use the connection wizard, it detects > |>"eth0(RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+)." Then I get a message, "Cannot activate > |>network device VerizonDSL!" > |> > |>However, when I log out and shut down, part of the dialog on the > screen is > |>as follows: > |> > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........OK > |> > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........FAILED > |> > |>I know that Verizon does not support Linux. Is there some way of > getting > |>access to the net with Fedora? > | > | > |You'll need a PPPoE client. Check out Roaring Penguin. > > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software > is useless. Since when? My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, before I moved out of Verizon-land. > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net The router might also need the authentication information. However, let's find out for sure. Joseph...did you receive a user name and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection? -- Mike Burger http://www.bubbanfriends.org Visit the Dog Pound II BBS telnet://dogpound2.citadel.org or http://dogpound2.citadel.org To be notified of updates to the web site, visit http://www.bubbanfriends.org/mailman/listinfo/site-update, or send a message to: site-update-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx with a message of: subscribe
