Slack 9 and Sbc Dsl???

Volcom · 08-05-2003, 02:06 PM

My parents just got a new computer, they said i could do whatever i want with the old one. So i decided to upgrade to slack9. They see Windows xp, as priority, so it gets the connection to dsl. When they are gone, i secretly swith the dsl to slack. How do i configure it on my slack computer for a dsl connectioN??? Thanks

tangle · 08-05-2003, 02:19 PM

Buy a router and an cable.

yocompia · 08-05-2003, 04:43 PM

to configure slack to connect on DSL (i have ameritech, i.e. SBC) is really easy:

1) make sure your ethernet card is working

2) get the following info: acct name (like blahmaster@ameritech.net), password and DNS IPs (i had to call to get these)

3) run the roaring penguin PPPOE client (it comes w/ slack 9) setup using commands

/sbin/adsl-setup

4) i recommend you get a firewall up b4 you go online (its dangerous out there!)

5) connect using

/sbin/adsl-start

6) close connection w/

/sbin/adsl-stop

hope that helps

Volcom · 08-05-2003, 04:51 PM

Sounds good, ill try it thanks alot

yocompia · 08-05-2003, 05:14 PM

oh, btw, if u need a firewall script for PPPOE, i can give you mine once i'm on my box at home.

l8r
y-p

Volcom · 08-07-2003, 02:16 PM

ya i would really appreciate it. You can contact me on gaim at hvol11 or my temp email xnemisisx11@yahoo.com