Question

how to connect to the internet using kppp (or.. anything else?)

Asked by: lost_bits1110

Hi there,

My knowledge of linux is very minimal,

However I need to connect my linux machine (fedora) to the internet. I have the sympatico basic dsl connection at home

I think I'm supposed to use KPPP or something.. but I dont have the first clue as to how to go about configuring and all..? :s

So if anyone has the patience and would like to explain how to go about this if its not too complicated that woudl be great!!!!

Thank you!

LD

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2005-09-21 at 12:06:29ID21569554
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Answers

 

by: M_A_D_C_A_TPosted on 2005-09-21 at 18:09:41ID: 14933497

Hi

How is your modem connected to your PC (via USB or Ethernet)?

Does the Modem have a web-based interface that you can get to  -something like  10.0.0.138 or 192.168.1.254

Does your automatically connect to your ISP or do you have to create a PPP connection on your PC?

Cheers

Travis

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-21 at 19:49:21ID: 14933810

okay its connected via Ethernet

er how do I know if it has a web based interface..?

and how do i know if theres a PPP connection needed??? :s

(sorry this is dumb i know :s )

 

by: M_A_D_C_A_TPosted on 2005-09-21 at 20:22:58ID: 14933917

Hi

If it is connected over ethernet, there is a good chance that the modem can save your username, password and connection settings in itself - this allows it to make a connection to the internet without the computer being turned on. This will mean that you won't have to make a PPP connection from the PC

Are there any other computers connected to the modem (via a switch or hub)?

have you enabled DHCP on the ethernet interface? - To check this, open a terminal screen and type "ifconfig" (without the quotes)
if everything is configured correctly u will probably  something like this:

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:B0:D0:35:69:18
          inet addr:10.70.23.55  Bcast:10.70.23.255  Mask:255.255.252.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::2b0:d0ff:fe35:6918/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:21591625 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:1 frame:0
          TX packets:19634920 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:3968480489 (3.6 GiB)  TX bytes:3370764311 (3.1 GiB)
          Interrupt:5 Base address:0xec00

Cheers

Travis

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-21 at 22:45:11ID: 14934318

hi, okay there are no other computers connected and doing ifconfig on a new terminal gives me command not found :s

 

by: M_A_D_C_A_TPosted on 2005-09-21 at 23:20:18ID: 14934428

oh :(

It sounds like your computer is not configured for network access.

Is this a freshly installed fedora install?

Do you know what type if network card is in your PC?

Travis

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-22 at 08:24:49ID: 14937530

hi!
yes it was installed about 6 months ago, and is there a command i can type to know the type of network card?  (its a laptop btw)

 

by: pablouruguayPosted on 2005-09-22 at 16:26:30ID: 14941140

lost_bits1110 login has root and try again ifconfig or

/sbin/ifconfig -a

your network card can you see with the command dmesg

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-22 at 16:33:28ID: 14941173

eth0

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-22 at 16:36:35ID: 14941185

(oops ignore the last message I pressed submit by mistake)

Okay I do get something like the following when I type /sbin/ifconfig -a

eth0   Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:12:79:56:22:74
         BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500  Metric:1
         Rx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
         Tx packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
         collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
         Rx bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
         Interrupt:11

and when I type dmesg I get a very long output, can you tell me what I should be looking for to see the network card?

 

by: pablouruguayPosted on 2005-09-22 at 16:37:29ID: 14941193

ok paste the all ifconfig please

 

by: pablouruguayPosted on 2005-09-22 at 16:39:13ID: 14941203

ok ok ok... sypatico is not ADSL ??? because you have in your fedora the adsl-setup command to configure the connection.

please try with root adsl-setup

 

by: pablouruguayPosted on 2005-09-22 at 16:49:11ID: 14941235

if you cant do with that read this please
http://www.linuxsolved.com/forums/ftopic176.html

 

by: lost_bits1110Posted on 2005-09-22 at 19:42:45ID: 14941709

okay ignore waht I pasted when I type sbin/ifconfig -a
I had done that without being root

okay when I'm root, and type just ifconfig I get

ath0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:85:1C:78:64
       inet6 addr: fe80::211:85ff:fe1c:7864/64 Scope:Link
       UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
       RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
       TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
       collisions:0 txqueuelen:199
       RX bytes:0 (0.0 b) TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)
       Interrupt:11 Memory:62980000-62990000

lo    Link encap:Local Loopback
      inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
      inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
      UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
      RX packets:3257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
      TX packets:3257 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
      collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
      RX bytes:4349244 (4.1 MiB)  TX bytes:4349244 (4.1 MiB)

Okay so when I type adsl-setup then it says:

"INTERFACE

Enter the Ethernet interface connected to the ADSL modem
For Linux, it will be ethX where 'X' is a number."

So what should I type in here?
THanks very much for your patience!!

What do you mean "sympatico is not adsl?" I am with sympatico basic, i.e. its not as fast as high speed

Okay thanks again for all your patience

 

by: pablouruguayPosted on 2005-09-23 at 05:30:48ID: 14943557

your system dont recognize the eth. you have a wireless card connected no? because ath0 is a wireless.......

2- try in dmesg see what is the network card analize this output and find something like realtek, nic or anything else about nic card.

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