[Wolves] DESPERATE PLEA....PLEEEAAAZZZEEE?

Sat Jul 10 20:58:11 BST 2004

Hi Tim,

If your motherboard has an onboard NIC and Linux has already seen it as 
eth0 then your one step closer. Now is a decision you need to make.. If 
you were to get the wireless version, it would work fine.. You would 
configure the ADSL interface on the router as per your ISP instructions, 
enable NAT on the router and give the ethernet port a private address 
range (192.x.x.x or 10.1.1.0) or something like that, and plug that into 
your machine or a switch if you have more then one ethernet capable 
machine.. Your eth0 device would then be configured to use an address on 
the same network and the gateway would be the ethernet address of the 
router..
Your daughter would connect to the router in the same way but with 
wireless.. The wireless setup on these units is very easy...

I wouldnt recomend wireless for Linux unless you can guarantee that a 
card would work.. I have a tosh laptop which has a prism card built in 
which is a supported piece of equipment..

I am in North Staffs....

Hope this helps..

trig

Tim T Humpherson wrote:

> triG
>  
> Thanks for the information.  I'll put the PCI modem on for sale, 
> then.  It's a Connexant AccessRunner PCI ADSL modem.
>  
> My motherboard do have a built-in ethernet, 10/100Mb, and my Linux 
> OS *can* see eth0.  So this modem/router you suggested would be simply 
> plug into the back of the ethernet socket?
>  
> If so, I'll go and buy one, but before I do that, I'd like to ask you 
> whether it's worth getting a wireless version?  Because of 
> this, my daughter has a PC upstairs and running on XP (yes, it's 
> Microsoft, but for a number of reasons, ie. her school IT lessons uses 
> XP, so my daughter would need to be familiarise with XP first.  Once 
> she is computer-literate, she'll probably want to try Linux, so I 
> might watch this space!).  Anyway, would this 'wireless modem/router' 
> work with my daughter's PC (running XP) at the SAME TIME as my 
> PC running under Linux?  I am aware that my daughter's PC will need a 
> wireless PCI Network card for that reason.
>  
> So, will that work?
>  
> Regards.,
>  
>  
>  
> Tim
>  
> BTW, I live in Walsall, West Midlands.  Whereabouts you live? Hmmm?
>  
>  
>  
> /-------Original Message-------/
>  
> /*From:*/ Wolverhampton Linux User Group 
> <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> /*Date:*/ 07/10/04 20:24:00
> /*To:*/ Wolverhampton Linux User Group <mailto:wolves at mailman.lug.org.uk>
> /*Subject:*/ Re: [Wolves] DESPERATE PLEA....PLEEEAAAZZZEEE?
>  
> Hi Tim,
>  
> Hope things are well, I've replied underneith your original paragraphs..
>  
> Tim T Humpherson wrote:
>  
>   >
>   > I c-a-n-'-t get the blasted USB modem to connect to the internet!!!
> I even bought an ADSL PCI modem and unplugged the USB one but even so, I
> still can't get it connected to the internet!!
>   >
> I dont know much about the USB modems but I do know that there is a
> complicated setup to get them working which you'll find on sourceforge.
> Personally I think the frogs 'speedtouch's' are crap. Even if you use
> one for Windows, they add un-neccessary routes to your internet
> connection and also cause a large overhead to any system that runs them...
> You purchased a PCI modem? You have no chance, the only ones I know are
> iTEX chipset which had a pre-compiled redhat driver for a kernel that
> wasn't even released at the time. Waste of time...
>  
> For the money that you have spent, you would have been better at buying
> a cheap router.. and a cheap network card..
>  
> Router:  http://www.solwise.co.uk/adsl-sar-big304ta.htm
> They work pretty well, and for £35 you cant go wrong...
>  
> Nics: well you can get them 10 to a penny now-a-days and most are
> supported..
>  
>   > Any ideas???
>   >
>   > One last thing...  I tried SuSE Pro 9.0 and wondered why the graphics
> gone haywire when at log-on prompt?  When I logged in from keyboard,
> still funny graphics, then I did the CTRL-ALT-DEL and pressed Enter.
> This caused SuSE to go back to the log-on prompt, and the graphics were
> perfect.  Logged back again, it's still perfect.  What's going on?
>   >
>   > I am WILLINGING to fetch one of you to come to my house, get it
> sorted out for me, especially CONNECTING to Internet, and will take you
> home afterwards.
>   >
> I live way to far away to take advantage of your offer.. I think you
> should buy a router tim, I really do.. Most of us here, connect in the
> same way, which allows us to use any OS we choose, I even has a beOS 5
> box running which is connected to the internet...
>  
> I know this is more cost to your solution, but believe me, its much
> easier...
>  
> triG
>  
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