Verizon DSL

[joegum]

On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 14:34, Mike Burger wrote:
> On Sun, 5 Sep 2004, Austin Isler wrote:
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> > Mike Burger wrote:
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> > |On Fri, 3 Sep 2004, Joseph Gumbosky wrote:
> > |
> > |> Hi,
> > |>
> > |>Last night, I installed Fedora CORE 2 over my Xandros2 partition.
> > (I was
> > |>dual booting Xandros and XP.)  The installation went flawlessly.  It
> > |>recognized the Xandros partition as Linux and gave me the option of
> > |>overwriting only that part of the disk.  I can now boot into Fedora
> > or XP.
> > |>No problems.  Nice job!
> > |>
> > |>Now, I'm a bit spoiled with Xandros.  But, Fedora seems quite usable to
> > |>me...with just one issue.
> > |>
> > |>I cannot access the internet.  I use Verizon's DSL service connected
> > through
> > |>the Ethernet port.  When I use the connection wizard, it detects
> > |>"eth0(RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+)."  Then I get a message, "Cannot activate
> > |>network device VerizonDSL!"  
> > |>
> > |>However, when I log out and shut down, part of the dialog on the
> > screen is
> > |>as follows:
> > |>
> > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........OK
> > |>
> > |>Shutting down VerizonDSL........FAILED
> > |>
> > |>I know that Verizon does not support Linux.  Is there some way of
> > getting
> > |>access to the net with Fedora?
> > |
> > |
> > |You'll need a PPPoE client.  Check out Roaring Penguin.
> > 
> > Verizon DSL does not require a login. So the roaring penguin software
> > is useless.
> 
> Since when?  My brother's Verizon DSL connection requires PPPoE 
> authentication, as do the 9 or 10 other connections I helped set up, 
> before I moved out of Verizon-land.
> 
> > If you have a router, make sure your pc points to the routers IP as
> > the Primary DNS and then enter into the DNS search path: dsl-verizon.net
> 
> The router might also need the authentication information.
> 
> However, let's find out for sure.  Joseph...did you receive a user name 
> and password that you were supposed to use with your DSL connection?
> -- 
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Actually, I followed Allen Winter's instructions.  I did the entire
thing in Console (as su).  (If you want, I can send these instructions 
back to you over the net..)
It took me three tries, but I eventually gor it to work.  I used my
regular sign-in name and password.  These worked just fine.  The onlt
problem I had was with Sending (but not receiving) email in Evolution.  
I needed my Verizon ID (not my sign-in name) to send email. I called
Verizon tech support to find out what it was. The only exceptional thing
I found was in sending email.  Everything else was run of the mill.  


The settings are:

POP & SMTP

and the addresses are

incoming.verizon.net & outgoing.verizon.net

-Joe G.
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