Accessing Internet over PPPoA with FC5

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Sat, 22 Apr 2006, c_bruce wrote:

>> On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 13:42 -0700, c_bruce wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> 
>>> I have an FC5 WinXP dual boot system. Using Mozilla on FC5, I can't access
>>> the Internet
>>> except for RedHat sites. When using FC4 and SUSE 9.1, I could get online 
>>> as
>>> root only. WinXP goes online fine. Knoppix 3.2 goes online also. The PPPoA
>>> software is in the Qwest DSL modem (Actiontec GT701-wg DSL Modem with
>>> Wireless Gateway)
>>> Not sure what to do next.
>>> 
>>> thanks,
>>> 
>>> cb
>>> 
>> Hey...I just went through this non-sense as well.  Basically the modem
>> has to be setup with PPPoA(username/password stuff).  Then you setup
>> your box to either DHCP from the router or with a static IP(I'm NAT'd
>> behind the router to 192.168.0.X).
>> 
>> I hope this helps.
>> 
>> Sean
>
> OK my router is set up for DHCP...how do I set up my system to DHCP?

system-config-network, then select the interface you are using.  There's a 
checkbox for DHCP.

>
> cb 
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

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