How do I make DSL recognize my Internet connection

Forum: Networking
Topic: How do I make DSL recognize my Internet connection
started by: gradnite

Posted by gradnite on Dec. 07 2003,17:53

Hi. Glad that I'm finally able to try linux in some form. DSL certianly has a nice look and feel.

Of course one of the easiest things to do with DSL, in my opinion, would be browse the web. Don't need to save anything, just browsing the web would be a fun way to use DSL from time to time, for me.

However, I can not manage to make DSL recognize my high speed Internet connection. How do I make it recognize my connection? I've been connecting directly from my router to the ethernet port on my notebook. I have a built-in PCI wireless card, but I figure DSL would never support that, and so I got out the cable and connected directly to the router. Why doesn't it recognize my connection? Does it have the capabilities to do this? I have cable Internet service. Should I try connecting directly to the cable modem rather than at the router? I don't really see how that could help though.

I appreciate your help.

Posted by bluefreak on Dec. 08 2003,04:43

i use a adsl connection and share it via a router... i load dsl on any computer and it will detect. maybe its got something to do with ur cable connection

Posted by bluefreak on Dec. 08 2003,04:46

also try configuring the ppp settings

Posted by Modrak on Dec. 09 2003,19:08

"wireless card" that's the problem
If you think that you can put 5MB driver for YOUR wireless card to 50MB busines-card-cd ?

Posted by katibabi on Dec. 09 2003,22:36

Doesn't look like the user ASKED to have their driver added. They even said they connected with the cable since they figure wireless wasn't supported. That wasn't the question, just the background.

Posted by dscribner on Dec. 30 2003,21:54

What brand of router is it? The reason I ask is that I had no problem with DSL picking up my connection at home, which is a small network that accesses the Internet via DSL... the other DSL ;-) , via a Linksys router.

Find out what IP address was assigned to your router by default (unless you've changed it), then make sure that when you run netcardconfig that you use that as the gateway. Some routers (like this Linksys I use) also utilize DHCP to assign IP addresses to clients. I've tested DSL on my network using both, and it worked flawlessly.

Hang in there, it *will* work!

Posted by DStrick64 on Jan. 06 2004,03:39

Sorry for the late response, just now noticed your post and don't know if you got it working yet or not. I use cable modem (Comcast) and an SMC Barracade router. I got hold of an old Dell laptop and plugged in a PCMCIA Network Interface Card (NIC) and used a dongle to run the cable to my router. Then I put the DSL CD in the drive and pressed the power button, and sat back and watched in amazement as DSL found and activated everything on the computer -- PCMCIA card, USB Wheel Mouse, etc. The light on the dongle came on and the Dillo browser started automatically. I put in my home page URL and it popped up. I don't remember having to set up anything except modifying the VGA screen size to match mine. If you do have to do any network setup it shouldn't be anthing more than specifying DHCP protocol (I assume you use DHCP rather than static IP - if not, put in your IP info) and that should do it. What kind of symptoms are you getting? Any details might help with the diagnosis.
Regards,