How install and configure Broadband ADSL modem in RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.?
Monday, September 21st, 2009 at
22:08
i wud like to use my broadband connection with ADSL modem which is
connected to computer via Ethernet. Can anyone tell ,how to install
modem diver in linux and and configure ADSL modem to access broadband
internet. Thanks in advance …
Tagged with: adsl modem • broadband connection • broadband internet • internet thanks • Linux • thanks in advance
Filed under: Redhat
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No drivers are needed. Just setup your ADSL modem to assign IP adresses and set the RHEL to auto configure it’s IP address.
This could be easy or curly…
There should be a system configuration tool to set up system.
From command line try these
netconf or
linuxconf or
netconfig
If it has you want networking settings and set up DHCP. DHCP will grab settings off modem/router and set up inernet. Dhcp is easiest and generally works fine.
If modem’s dhcp server not working etc, you may need to set up manually ( static ip ). You will need modem/router default ip first of all normally 192.168.1.1 or 192.168.0.1. Then your static ip would be 192.168.1.10 or 192.168.0.10 would be fine for single computer/router setup.
command line tools will help you such as ifconfig and ruote.and here is a tutorial that has been prepared earlier for red hat
This question will have been asked a lot on linux forums.
Fedora is redhat community release, try fedora linux forums etc for answers, howtos etc
try searching forums like Ubuntus because Ubuntu attracts a lot of ‘newbies’ and there forums will be geared to solving ‘newbie’ problems.
http://www.comptechdoc.org/os/linux/usersguide/linux_ugbasicnet.html