how to setup internet

[sunpascal]

hi,

does anyone have an idea how to set up an adsl connection on knoppix?
I tried the network card configuration and adsl utility that was one the linux menu. It also gave me instructions about how to dial the adsl connection by the command line.

I tried google, but couldn't really find anything usefull.
Thanks for your help

[jaykay]

the set up depends on your Isp, and what sought of modem you are using. some use ppoe some ppoa and also if you are using a USB modem from your isp for connection forget it, its more trouble than its worth trying to get it up and running.

My advice would be to get yourself a router and connect it to your lan card, and away you go. it will take you about two minutes to get going and virtually every linux distro inc knoppix will recognise it at start up, no props.

Hope this helps

Post back for more info if req

jim

[weedje]

Hi,

If you have adsl with a dhcp type of connection, first boot into windows and do this:
start menu -> run -> command

in the dos window type ipconfig /release

reboot and start knoppix, it should connect to the internet automaticly...

weedje

[sunpascal]

first of all I am not sure what kind of modem I have. There is an ethernet cable going out of my pc and directly into a modem that the provider gave me. I looked on the site of the isp but they don't explain anything. On windows i just used the connection setup wizard chose direct connection to the internet using broadcast connection. I just typed in the username & password from my isp and it worked. How come that doesn't work in knoppix?

I don't get how ipconfig /release works. Does it store the configuration of windows on the hard disk? Or does it have to do with the network card? Will Knoppix do the rest by itself?

Is there a way to check weather my network card is detected by knoppix?


Pascal

[weedje]

sunpascal,

As I said, if you have dhcp you can use the ipconfig /release command,
But since that is not the case, do you require to log in using a VPN connection? I used to have adsl with a vpn connection a long time ago, back then I had installed linux to see what linux was all about, but since I could not get a VPN pptp connection to work in that time I removed linux from my system...

I don't get how ipconfig /release works.

If you have a dhcp connection and the server has assigned a ip to your network card you can simply release the connection with ipconfig /release
see here for details,

Anyway... Now I got adsl with dhcp so I can't help you except link you to a few pages I found, you can experiment with those and see if you can get it to work,

http://www.knoppix.net/forum/viewtop...highlight=pptp
http://www.google.nl/search?hl=nl&q=...tnG=Zoeken&lr=
http://www.google.com/linux?hl=en&lr...=Google+Search
http://www.knoppix.net/forum/search.php (use these keywords: pptp or pptp vpn)

Goodluck! I hope this will help you on your way a little,

weedje

[sunpascal]

thanks for the links, weedje.
I will look at that.
I do not have a VPN connection, though.

pascal

[weedje]

Thats too bad, did you try the knoppix icon -> Network/Internet -> ADSL/PPPOE configuration shortcut??

weedje

[sunpascal]

yeah, I tried that first.

[shah]

Before you can configure your dsl connection, you need to configure your networkcard first.
Do the networkcard configuration and choose not to use dhcp.
Assign and ip:
ex:
address :192.168.0.2
netmask :255.255.255.0
network :192.168.0.0
broadcast :192.168.0.255
gateway :leave this blank
dns : what the isp assign to you; if don't know...you can use windows and run ipconfig /all....you'll see the dns at the bottom of the print out.

Then run adsl/pppoe configuration (if your isp use pppoe, some isp use pppoa)

[sunpascal]

It works now!
I entered cmd on my windows xp, typed ipconfig, saved the output to a file. Then I started netcardconfig on linux and typed in the ip adresses and this stuff in. And now it works!
Thanks a lot!!

I still don't get though why xp autodetects all the settings and knoppix doesn't...