YDL 2.3/iBook/ethnet - DSL

[Jamie LaRue]

Hmm, haven't had trouble with the DSL line. In the network configurator,
you know to set the type of connection to DCHP, right?

Brian wrote:
> 
> Howdy All,
> 
> Well, it looks like I've gotten item 1 resolved (restoring my ethernet card to
> vanilla working/active condition).  Pat:  thanks for the help on the files.  I
> gave them a read, and while they were mostly greek to me, it got me thinking,
> checking, and - most importantly, I think - managing the resolution in a
> scientific process (i.e., change one thing at a time...).  I've been able to get
> my eth0 device to activate again.  The fix seemed to be setting it with a Static
> IP of 127.0.0.1 for the local host...
> 
> Now, I just need to get the DSL to work, and I'm in business.  I'm going to give
> the xDSL connection a few more tries, but I saw a bit in the bookstore earlier
> about using a ppoe solution from Roaring Penguin...  Is anyone familiar with
> that, or perhaps someone has had some luck with getting a (non-static IP) DSL
> connection via Earthlink up and running?
> 
> Thanks much!!
> 
> ~ Brian
> 
> > On Saturday, Sep 28, 2002, at 12:01 US/Mountain, Brian wrote:
> >
> > > 1) Resetting my ethernet card to a "standard" vanilla config
> >
> > I can't help with ppoe as I haven't jumped into that puddle yet, but
> > for the ethernet, I'd have a look at these files:
> >
> > /etc/sysconfig/network
> > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 as well as the other ifcfg
> > files you might have.
> >
> > Also the commands 'route' and 'ifconfig' might give you some
> > information that will help.
> >
> > Pat
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