OT: GRML and DSL

[Liz Hare]

Thanks, Gregory, for your thoughts. I didn't include all the information
in my first post because I didn't know if it was appropriate.

I have ATT/SBC DSL, already set up because I have a Windows machine, and
a Netgear dg834g v4 modem/router. One point of confusion is whether I
need to use pppoe as you suggested, or whether the router takes care of
that itself.

I am using a plugged in ethernet connection for now instead of wireless.

The DHCP connection part of grml-network seems to fail, although it tells me the configuration was completed.

Thanks,

Liz

Liz Hare PhD
Dog Genetics LLC
doggene at earthlink.net
http://www.doggenetics.com

On 3/21/2011 2:26 PM, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 01:56:56PM -0500, Liz Hare wrote:
>> Now I'm having trouble connecting to my DSL modem/router. Does
>> anyone here have experience setting up networking when the GRML
>> automatic procedures and grml-network don't work? I've read a lot
>> about it on the Web, but I've only become more confused with each
>> thing I've read. I have written to the GRML list but haven't heard
>> anything.
> 
> I think you'll need to provide more details before anyone can help 
> you. Who is your internet provider? What modem, brand/model? What
> type of connection does your provider use, bridged, pppoe/pppoa?
> 
> Since grml couldn't establish the connection automatically, I'm 
> guessing very likely that your modem doesn't hand out dynamic 
> addresses. In that case, I'd suggest installing the pppoe package
> 
> apt-get install pppoe
> 
> and reading /usr/share/doc/pppoe/README.DEBIAN.gz, which will tell
> you what to do to configure it. This suggestion is tentative, since
> I don't have answers to any of the above questions.
> 
> Greg
> 
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