internet

[Roderick Ford]

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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