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Re: ADSL and LINUX Don't like eachother

Rob Bos (rbos@wizard.ca)
Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:30:53 -0800

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On Tue, Jan 23, 2001 at 03:58:50PM -0700, Strychnine wrote:
> Hi there...
>
> I don't know to much about installing Linux I only installed it so I could SSH
> into my work computer and to get more familiar with the Unix system.

If SSH is all you require, I recommend the PuTTY Windows SSH client
whole-heartedly. www.google.com, type "putty", and click on the first link
that shows up.

If you really don't want to install Linux, no one's forcing you. :)
Really, you should use the tools that will get the job done. Linux happens
to have the best damn toolkit on the planet, I think, but YMMV.

That said, there are a few things you can check to see if your Ethernet card
is working: first, go to a console and type "cat /proc/net/dev". If there is
an entry, like "eth0" in there, then your card _has_ been picked up by the
kernel. If it is not, then you need to load the drivers for it. (drivers
are typically handled, in Red Hat, by kernel modules - type "modprobe -l" to
list available drivers, type "modprobe <module>" to load the module)
  If it is listed, as I suspect, then it is most likely a network mis-
configuration. Since you say you're using DSL, odds are you need to set up
a DHCP connection.

  I have no experience with this, so I will point you to the HOWTO. :)

  http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO

Good luck.

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