Re: Broadband???

[David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert Storey wrote:

> On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:17:27 -0500
> David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > Sam Varshavchik wrote:
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> > > Markus Huber writes:
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> > >      
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> > > > Seng Lee wrote:
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> > > > > Can someone pls tell / teach me how to setup my broadband
> > > > >          
> > > connection>> using GNOME ( Fedora Core 3 ) because i can't seem to
> > > get it to work>> by just configuring it with GNOME's built-in
> > > internet connection>> wizard.... btw i'm a newbie with Linux/Fedora.
> > > Thanks a milion.>
> > >      
> > >
> > > > DSL? Cable?
> > > >        
> > > Why should it matter, if you have a real Internet provider?
> > >      
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> Well, it would certainly matter if he is using pppoe (as opposed to
> having a static address). Seng, we need more info - is your setup with a
> static address, or is it pppoe? Or for that matter, is it wireless (in
> which case wep or wpa comes into play). There's more than one kind of
> broadband - we need to know these little details before we can help.
>
> cheers,
> Robert
>
>  
HELLO!!!  As you edited/cropped the earlier messages Mr. Storey, you 
left the impression that I wrote the last item preceeding your text.  MY 
contribution to the thread was in fact deleted in its entirety.  That 
contribution read

> Seng, I also had similar difficulties establishing a broadband 
> connection when first installing Fedora Core, both with FC2 and FC3.  
> My solution to the problem was to re-install and have Anaconda (the 
> installer) activate network services on boot up with DHCP enabled.  
> This was a drastic solution, perhaps, but it worked.
>
> If one is more conversant in linuxeese, editing one's init.d file 
> should provide another avenue to accomplish the same result without 
> going through re-installation. You might consult the documentation 
> available on your machine in 
> /usr/share/doc/initscripts-<version-number> (through a browser use URL 
> file:///usr/share/doc/initscripts)  and download the RedHat Linux 9.0 
> documentation manuals available at RedHat's website. 


I'll thank you to avoid misrepresentation of my statements!  They may be 
dumb or wrong and if so I accept responsibility for those shortcomings, 
but I will not sit still for having statements by others attributed to 
me or having my statements misrepresented.