it may be a mistake. pls take it easy, it is a losson for a man like me who is still new to list Mohan ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Curry" <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:41 AM Subject: Re: Broadband??? > Robert Storey wrote: > > >On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:17:27 -0500 > >David Curry <dsccable@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > >>Sam Varshavchik wrote: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Markus Huber writes: > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>Seng Lee wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>>>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? > >>> > >>> > > > >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. > > > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: http://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list > >
