Installing ADSL

Folks,

I have recently installed an internal ADSL modem to my SuSe 9.0 box.
The system detected the card under the heading 'Network Cards' but
failed to add an entry under 'DSL'.

The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured
by YAST2.

What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?

Thanks for your time,
Gavin Brewer

Op Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:13:10 +0100 schreef Gavin Brewer:

> Folks,
>
> I have recently installed an internal ADSL modem to my SuSe 9.0 box.
> The system detected the card under the heading 'Network Cards' but
> failed to add an entry under 'DSL'.

'an' internal ADSL modem. What brand / type?
'my' Suse box. What hardware config, etc?


> The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured
> by YAST2.

Duh...

> What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?

Start to learn how to post, for example here:
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/59post.htm

> Thanks for your time,
> Gavin Brewer

Learn to provide enough data, or you will notice a rapid decrease in the
amount of time people are willing to spend...

BTW, what you are describing as your problem is exactly why I *HATE*
internal modems, already from the very early days, when the water was
clean and sex was dirty, and modems came in 1200/75 baud flavors...

So, if you still have the choice, do yourself a favor and get an
external ADSL modem with a neat ethernet outlet. Most of these are very
well configurable with html interfaces.


HTH,
Gerard

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On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:13:10 +0100, "Gavin Brewer"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I have recently installed an internal ADSL modem to my SuSe 9.0 box.
>The system detected the card under the heading 'Network Cards' but
>failed to add an entry under 'DSL'.

Normal, IME.

>The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured

Who says?

>What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?

You probably already have one. Don't get so hung up in labels. A
connection to the internet generally consists of a network adapter
connected to a DSL "modem" (not really a modem, but most docs refer to
it that way).

I have pretty much the same config. I have no "DSL device" listed in
YaST, but the NIC that connects to the DSL modem is there.

Mike-

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>
> >What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?
>
> You probably already have one. Don't get so hung up in labels. A
> connection to the internet generally consists of a network adapter
> connected to a DSL "modem" (not really a modem, but most docs refer to
> it that way).

Could you outline the steps necessary to connect to the Internet?

>
> I have pretty much the same config. I have no "DSL device" listed in
> YaST, but the NIC that connects to the DSL modem is there.
>

That's comforting to know :-)

The ppp daemon dies unexpectedly with the message 'device not found' or
some such.

My system stats are as follows:

SuSe 9.1
AMD K6-2 500 Mhz
Netgear NE2000 Ethernet Card
Zoom Internal ADSL PCI Modem - Model 5506

Thanks,

Gavin B.

PS. **Wassink** If I need to brush up on my netiquette / protocol etc.
pls would you let me know.

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 19:21:23 +0100, "Gavin Brewer"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"Michael W Cocke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:<(E-Mail Removed)> ...
>
>
>
>>
>> >What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?
>>
>> You probably already have one. Don't get so hung up in labels. A
>> connection to the internet generally consists of a network adapter
>> connected to a DSL "modem" (not really a modem, but most docs refer to
>> it that way).
>
>Could you outline the steps necessary to connect to the Internet?
>
>>
>> I have pretty much the same config. I have no "DSL device" listed in
>> YaST, but the NIC that connects to the DSL modem is there.
>>
>
>That's comforting to know :-)
>
>The ppp daemon dies unexpectedly with the message 'device not found' or
>some such.
>
>My system stats are as follows:
>
>SuSe 9.1
>AMD K6-2 500 Mhz
>Netgear NE2000 Ethernet Card
>Zoom Internal ADSL PCI Modem - Model 5506
>
>Thanks,
>
> Gavin B.
>
>PS. **Wassink** If I need to brush up on my netiquette / protocol etc.
>pls would you let me know.

Hmm. You're going to need more details from your DSL provider to
start with. Is your DSL line using PPPoE? That's the only reason you
should be running ppp... I thought that was mainly cable modems, but
I may be wrong. Do you have a static IP address or are you supposed
to be getting all of your settings via DHCP?

My DSL doesn't use ppp - I just plug a cable from the modem and a NIC
(3Com 10/100, I forget the model) and set up the interface with the
correct IP address, netmask, and route, and I'm online. (I'm
simplifying - that actually gets from the DSL line to the firewall
system - it get's complicated after that, but 1 step at a time...)

Mike-

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"Michael W Cocke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>
> Hmm. You're going to need more details from your DSL provider to
> start with. Is your DSL line using PPPoE? That's the only reason you
> should be running ppp... I thought that was mainly cable modems, but
> I may be wrong. Do you have a static IP address or are you supposed
> to be getting all of your settings via DHCP?

I dont know where to start as regards manually configurate static IP
addresses, so I have decided to use DHCP.

> My DSL doesn't use ppp - I just plug a cable from the modem and a NIC
> (3Com 10/100, I forget the model) and set up the interface with the
> correct IP address, netmask, and route, and I'm online. (I'm
> simplifying - that actually gets from the DSL line to the firewall
> system - it get's complicated after that, but 1 step at a time...)

I am using PPPoATM with kInternet to connect to the Internet.

My provider (BT) requires the code 0.38 in order to initiate a
connection. The ppp daemon works fine until reaching this point.

Thanks,
Gavin B.

PS I am running a standalone system; also my ADSL card has
no Ethernet outlet. This could be significant.

On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 12:46:04 +0100, "Gavin Brewer"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>
>"Michael W Cocke" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed).. .
>
>>
>> Hmm. You're going to need more details from your DSL provider to
>> start with. Is your DSL line using PPPoE? That's the only reason you
>> should be running ppp... I thought that was mainly cable modems, but
>> I may be wrong. Do you have a static IP address or are you supposed
>> to be getting all of your settings via DHCP?
>
>I dont know where to start as regards manually configurate static IP
>addresses, so I have decided to use DHCP.

Ummm. It's not your decision. You really need to spend some time
talking to your ISP, I think. If they're not using DHCP, you can't
use DHCP. The whole point to this is communication. If you aren't
listening to what they're saying, you're going nowhere.



>
>I am using PPPoATM with kInternet to connect to the Internet.
>
>My provider (BT) requires the code 0.38 in order to initiate a
>connection. The ppp daemon works fine until reaching this point.

You really need to talk to BT, or another BT user then.


Mike-

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> The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured
> by YAST2.

The Internet was working fine before DSL devices ever came along.

On Sat, 14 Aug 2004 14:13:10 +0100, Gavin Brewer wrote:

> Folks,
>
> I have recently installed an internal ADSL modem to my SuSe 9.0 box.
> The system detected the card under the heading 'Network Cards' but
> failed to add an entry under 'DSL'.
>
> The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured
> by YAST2.
>
> What steps must I take to set up a working connection to the Net?
>
> Thanks for your time,
> Gavin Brewer

Have you looked at www.tldp.org for the dsl mini-howto?

Op Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:38:26 GMT schreef /dev/null:

>> The Internet cannot work without a DSL device detected and configured
>> by YAST2.
>
> The Internet was working fine before DSL devices ever came along.

"The internet" has alway "worked fine".

People's ability to connect varies with time, skills and equipment. When
equipment is built-in equipment, I've seen nothing but trouble in the 25
years that I'm in the IT business. IRQ conflicts, memory overlaps, the
works. It's *not* do-able for the average computer illiterate John
Doe...

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