DSL Problem

[Alastair Preston]

On Thursday January 5 2006 06:23 pm, Richard Reyes wrote:
> Hi Alastair,
>
> Where do I download this?
>
> How do I Install?
>
> On 1/5/06, Alastair Preston <aprestn5 at telus.net> wrote:
> > On Thursday January 5 2006 05:03 pm, Art Alexion wrote:
> > > Richard Reyes wrote:
> > > >Hi All,
> > > >
> > > >Good Day.
> > > >
> > > >Newbie Question.
> > > >
> > > >I have a DSL working in windows. Its using DHCP or something but there
> > > >was an error getting IP from the network. The customer support had to
> > > >give me the ip address so i can connect from inside windows.
> > > >
> > > >Now I have succesfully setup the latest Kubuntu ( Breezy ) in my
> > > >laptop. I have set the same IP address I am using in windows for the
> > > >DSL connection. But I still have no connection.
> > > >
> > > >Any help is appreciated.
> > > >
> > > >Thanks
> > > >
> > > >Richard

> >
> > If the original poster's ISP, like mine,  is using DHCP, he needs to
> > install and/or enable a DHCP client such as dhcpcd.  PPPoE won't work
> > with a DHCP connection.

You may already have it. It's been a while since I installed Kubuntu on 
anything, and my memory could be faulty, but I seem to recall dhcp being a 
setup option. Also, at the time I did install Kubuntu (Hoary), it was on a 
machine that was on a static IP network accessing the internet through 
another PC acting as a router/gateway. That other machine (and the wireless 
router that has replaced it for that function) use(d) dhcp only on the WAN 
(Internet) side with static addressing on the LAN/WLAN (local) side. 

 There should be a number of dhcp clients to choose from; when I first got 
ADSL, I was using Mandrake and used dhcpcd because it was on the the 
installation CDs. It turned out to be a very easy setup, once one of the 
ISP's support techs told me they didn't use PPPoE for their ADSL servers (I 
was lucky enough to run into one that knew there were other things beside 
Windows and Macs).

You've inspired me to download Breezy and give it a go on my test/backup 
machine - during which I can check my memory on the availability of a dhcp 
client.....