New to Linux and can't access the internet with my DSL cable that I use on the other PC with Windows. Modem supports Linux, I'm told. I am able to access inernet with wireless.

what linux Distro are you using? is there a router connected between your DSL modem and your computer running linux?

No router but I dcn't know what a Distro is. This is a mini computer (Asus eee). The modem support person sad this modem model does support linux. I tried to create a netword using the option DSL and also the option Local Area Network and all I get is Firefox saying Page cannot be displayed. It works fine where there is WiFi. THanks

You need to tell us a little more about your network:

1. Is your modem a modem/router or does it only have a single connection on your local side (1 ethernet and maybe 1 USB).

2. Does the modem remember your DSL details (user account, password) or does the computer have to supply that?

We need to know a bit about the topology of your network.

If possible, we need to know the exact model of your modem/router/whatever, that will sort out all the questions about it's capabilities. We need to know how the boxes are connected between them, to a hub, to the modem itself all of them.... A drawing could help if you don't know how to explain a network with words.

If the modem is a modem/router as I suspect, and both boxes are connected to it using a hub in the middle, there's the possibility that the router can't do NAT, in that case, the first box that uses the router (your old box) monopolizes the available IP, and your new one can't connect without an IP, of course. But that's just a shot in the dark, without actually knowing how your network is and how everything fitst together I can only guess. There could be dozens of reasons why it's not working.

I have a phone line connected to the modem and a cable to my laptop. The isp is peoplepc.com DSL. They told me they don't "support" Linux issues which my mini pc uses. It also uses Firefox as a browser and I don't see where a firewall is blocking that. I don't use a password to access the internet. Thank you for trying to help me. DT

My old laptop(Vista) is connected by a phone cable to the modem and a there is no router. My DSL provider said they don't support Linux so they aren't any help. I was told by the modem techs that I could use it with Linux or Win. Thanks

THe modem is ZyXEL P660R=ppc, a couple of years old. Their tech support said I could uses Linux or Windows OS. There is only a phone line to the modem and the phone line from it to my computer. I just unplugged it form my computer and inserted it into my new mini pc assuming it would access internet but it does not. It works fine if I am somewhere with WiFi but I don't have that here> The internet provider tech said they don't support Linux. I don't understand most of what you asked me but appreciate your help. Thank you

I see. So, in windows, what do you exactly need to do to connect? Does it work out of the box?

This modem should connect directly with a network cable (not a phone one, though they look similar, but they haven't the same pins on the endings).

EDIT: I mean, the phone cable goes to the wall plug, the -similar- net rj45 cable goes to your pc, and should plug into a network card.

Additional information; The new mini computer uses Firefox as the browser, could that be the problem?

Right, that's what I needed to know.

We need to know the distribution that you use so we can give more fine-grained help. But in the while, try to do this:

1. open a root terminal, there should be an option for that on your menus or something, you will need the root password for that probably, if you need it and you haven't installed your own linux, then the person who did or your vendor should have given you one (check manuals, etc.).
2. there write "ifconfig", press enter, and paste the output here so we can review your network devices

Don't be afraid to ask if you need more detailed explanations. But try to check your logos, manuals and everything and see if you can give us details on the linux flavor (distro, distribution) that you use.

No, I don't think so. The problem must be somewhere in your network configuration.

Just adding to what i92guboj posted, you can try this as root:

ifconfig eth0 up 0.0.0.0
dhclient eth0

If that connects then all you need to do is set up your networking tools - unfortunately we can't tell you how until we know what distribution of Linux you use - everyone sets up the network in a slightly different way.

Early versions of the ASUS eee which were sold at WalMart use the GOS which is basically Ubuntu with modifications to enhance a Gadgets interface.

The current ASUS eee systems are listed as using simply GNU Linux.

EEEs AFAIK use a hevially modified version of mandriva