[Linux-disciples] new debian install -- trouble getting online

[Adam Rosi-Kessel]

If you're using a router to connect to the Internet, you shouldn't be
using PPP at all on your laptop.  The router should have the PPP username
and password, and the laptop should just request an IP address from the
router and that's all.  Is this not how it is set up?

You won't have wifi until you install madwifi-modules, but first focus on
getting regular ethernet to work.  The device will actually be ath0
rather than eth0.

On Thu, Oct 14, 2004 at 10:12:03AM -0400, Nirmal Trivedi wrote:
> new debian install -- trouble getting online
> I'm having some trouble getting online to update and install new
> packages with the new Thinkpad. The kernel, 2.4, certainly does
> recognize eth0 and ifconfig gives me an IP address (the one I chose on
> the Debian install). I've changed the necessary /etc/ppp/ to reflect all
> the passwords and usernames for my DSL connection. And yet no
> connection.
> 
> (Also, ifup eth1 doesn't bring up the WiFi connection). I'm not sure if
> it's recognizing the local wireless connections.
-- 
Adam Rosi-Kessel
http://adam.rosi-kessel.org
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