Re: Checking internet connection without a winbox

On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 20:32 +0930, Tim wrote:
On Sat, 2006-09-30 at 12:40 +0300, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I suspect that my router is faulty, and I want to diagnos it. That is
why I must eliminate the router and connect just by using the modem.
How on earth can I do that on Fedora? Where do I enter my ISP username
and password? The ISP only provids instructions on how to do that in
Windows.

Look into PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), that's the usual one. There was a
client for it called "Roaring Penguin". But I thought the network GUI,
neat, would lead you through setting up a new ADSL connection (or other
types).

AFAIK, I'm just using ethernet to my DSL modem which is set to
passthrough with a static IP address. You may not need PPPoE at all.
What is the name and model of your DSL modem? Mine from BellSouth lets
you use an IP address in a browser to set it up, without a stinking CD.

Then, I just used the network mangler (manager) that comes with Fedora.
If you do not have a static IP address, using DHCP settings works just
fine as well. You go into services and enable network manager. Fill in
the blanks, in network-manager, just like you do with windows.

My username and password are still handled by the modem though. I have
not had to get software that didn't already come with Fedora. If you
need PPPoE it will handle that as well. As I have ranted about in
previous posts, I sure would use the FC6 bind* and and the network setup
scripts rpms. I spent an entire weekend working with software that
didn't work for me, suffered emotional and intellectual abuse until I
upgraded manually. Then the problem was over in 15 minutes. I still
wince over it.

I still want a free set of FC6 CD's as recompense! And a T-shirt.
Yeaaaaah, that's the ticket! Eat Fresssh!

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