George,
I called him, and got no answer...and his voicemail was full. I wrote
email instructions. But, alas, haven't heard anything back. I guess
he'll contact us again when he is ready.
Rod
George Toft wrote:
>>Poorboyphx wrote:
>>
>>ok here goes!! I have linux 7.2 redhat. I need to connect to the internet!!
>>I have a cable modem with a soho ethernet adapter to the computer. I'm with
>>cox@home and i need helphooking up to the internet. I have the ip addresses
>>and such but dont know where to configure this system to access the internet.
>>ipaddress 68.2.173.145
>>subnet mask 255.255.255.0
>>default gateway 68.2.173.1
>>dhcp server 172.19.73.16
>>dns servers 68.2.16.30 and 68.1.208.30
>>
>>how do i enter this information so that i may access the internet with a cable
>>modem through a usb ethernet connection (soho) this is really all the info
>>that i know i would appreciate anyone who might help. You can even call me at
>>480-988-2106! thanks danny poorman!
>
>
> OMFG!!
>
> Can someone on the list help with this?
>
> This page gives some pointers:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/x332.html
>
> This document has lots of info:
> http://www.linux-usb.org/USB-guide/
> USB-guide.ps
>
> Another page I came across says you have to have usb-ohci, usbcore and CDCEther
> modules loaded (use lsmod to see).
>
>
> If you have the USB modem working, the files you seek are in:
> /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/
> I have no idea what the name is, but it will start with ifcfg- and have your
> device name in it. For example, ifcfg-eth0 (for ethernet) would contain:
> DEVICE=eth1
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROTO=static
> IPADDR=10.0.1.1
> NETMASK=255.255.255.0
> GATEWAY=10.0.0.1
> IF you have a static IP (put your info above).
>
> If you use DHCP (most likely?), then it will look like this:
> DEVICE=eth0
> ONBOOT=yes
> BOOTPROTO=dhcp
>
> Good Luck!
>
> George
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