On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 20:32 +0930, Tim wrote: > On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 12:40 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote: > > I suspect that my router is faulty, and I want to diagnos it. That is > > why I must eliminate the router and connect just by using the modem. > > How on earth can I do that on Fedora? Where do I enter my ISP username > > and password? The ISP only provids instructions on how to do that in > > Windows. > > Look into PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), that's the usual one. There was a > client for it called "Roaring Penguin". But I thought the network GUI, > neat, would lead you through setting up a new ADSL connection (or other > types). AFAIK, I'm just using ethernet to my DSL modem which is set to passthrough with a static IP address. You may not need PPPoE at all. What is the name and model of your DSL modem? Mine from BellSouth lets you use an IP address in a browser to set it up, without a stinking CD. Then, I just used the network mangler (manager) that comes with Fedora. If you do not have a static IP address, using DHCP settings works just fine as well. You go into services and enable network manager. Fill in the blanks, in network-manager, just like you do with windows. My username and password are still handled by the modem though. I have not had to get software that didn't already come with Fedora. If you need PPPoE it will handle that as well. As I have ranted about in previous posts, I sure would use the FC6 bind* and and the network setup scripts rpms. I spent an entire weekend working with software that didn't work for me, suffered emotional and intellectual abuse until I upgraded manually. Then the problem was over in 15 minutes. I still wince over it. I still want a free set of FC6 CD's as recompense! And a T-shirt. Yeaaaaah, that's the ticket! Eat Fresssh! -- ================================================ My father, Victor Moore (Vic) used to say: "There are two Great Sins in the world... ...the Sin of Ignorance, and ...the Sin of Stupidity. Only the former may be overcome." R.I.P. Dad. Linux user# 44256 Sign up at: http://counter.li.org/ http://www.sourceforge.net/projects/oar http://www.wayward4now.net ================================================
