> -----Original Message----- > From: Jared Buck [mailto:JBuck814366460@xxxxxxx] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 3:01 PM > To: For users of Fedora Core releases > Subject: Re: Troubles setting up basic internet access > > > On Thu, 2005-02-17 at 16:54 -0500, Marc Auger wrote: > > Hello. I am a new Fedora user, with very little knowledge > of details. > > I have tried to set up internet access, (DSL) and not been > able to get > > through. Mozilla will connect to the IP of my modem, > bringing up the > > connection page, but cannot get through to the internet. > How would I go > > about setting this up properly? > > > > P.S. > > While I'm on the subject of basic idiot configuration, does > anyone know > > how to configure a wireless PC card? > > > > > > DSL should already have been configured for you when you > installed FC3. > It's possible you might have selected a wrong setting when > you installed > FC3 (during the page where it asks you about setting up a network > connection. > > You need to set up a network connection to use DSL within > FC3. Most of > the time it'll recognize your connection automatically and > configure it > for you without assistance, but sometimes you'll need to do this > automatically. > > Head into the Network Configuration area (Apps --> System Settings --> > Network) and make sure the ethernet device you use to connect > is enabled > - if it's not, do that by selecting the device in particular > and hitting > the big green round button :) > > Once that happens, the network should recognize your connection and > automatically assign you an IP address. > > Let me know if this doesn't work. (I'm not a networking expert, but > this should work). > > Jared > A couple of questions since you said you were new. 1. Did you internet connection through this DSL modem work on a windows box before you loaded Linux? It appears that since you are able to talk to the modem your basic ethernet connection is working. 2. If you run ifconfig -a what do you get for an IP address? Most likely on eth0. The DSL modem may be doing NAT (network address translation) between your machine and the internet. Addresses in the 192.168.*.* range or the 10.0.*.* range indicate that NAT is on. 3. If NAT is on, you need to determine if the DSL modem has an IP address on the WAN side. You will need to refer to the documentation that came with the modem to get that working. It will be done through the web interface which you said you can get up. 4. Just as a sanity check, your Linux PC is plugged right into the DSL modem, right? You don't have a router in between. That changes things. The telephone cord and the cable from your PC plug into the same box.
