Internet Connection

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 01:55 PM

This is probably a dumb question but how do I go about connecting to the internet? I tried kppp but couldn't get it to work. I just said "modem is busy".

ps- wouldn't it make sense to put the US as a country in the KPPP wizard?

justwantin · 11-19-2005, 02:43 PM

I've helped folk with dial-up in the past so many times I wrote how-to's on doing it with pppsetup script in slack and kppp. You will find the former at this address and at the bottom of that page a link to the later.

http://members.optusnet.com.au/~rick...lup_setup.html

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 02:57 PM

How do I set it up if I have DSL? I use bellsouth if that matters at all.

justwantin · 11-19-2005, 05:23 PM

If you have dsl you shouldn't be using kppp. Do you have a dialup acount or a dsl account it is different for both

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 05:33 PM

I use Bellsouth DSL

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 05:34 PM

ps- VIA ethernet

egag · 11-19-2005, 05:55 PM

use " netconfig " to set it up.

after that run " /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart "
( all as root user )

egag

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 06:15 PM

That didn't work. When I open up the browser it still says that it cannot find the site.

egag · 11-19-2005, 06:23 PM

does " ifconfig " show an " eth0 " interface ?

if not:
probably the module for your nic is not loaded.
you can look at the output of " lspci " to see what nic you've got,
and load the module with " modprobe <modulename> "

or else post the output of " lspci " if possible.

egag

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 06:39 PM

ifconfig doesn't show an eth0 interface. Where is the nic module? also, when I run lspci, it says "pcilib: Cannot open /proc/bus/pci/00/0..." for every subdivision of that folder. then does the same this but instead says " Unable to read 64 bytes of configuration space " then the files. it also says the Host bridge is disabled

egag · 11-19-2005, 06:46 PM

what's your hardware ?
do you have a seperate nic on a pci-card ( wht type ?) or is it on the mobo ?
if the latter, do you know the brand and type of the motherboard ?

egag

slackerlife · 11-19-2005, 06:56 PM

Is there a command or program that lists all of the hardware, if not, where could I find that info? The ethernet cable is plugged into the back of the computer. Sorry for my lack of knowledge about the computer. it was bought in 1998 so I don't really know too much about it. Its a Gateway solo 3150 if that tells you anything.

egag · 11-19-2005, 08:31 PM

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Is there a command or program that lists all of the hardware
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yip, that would be " lspci ", but that didn't bring much.
google for your type ( Gateway solo 3150 ) to find what hardware it has.

egag