Three newbie questions

Judy & Lindsay Roberts judenlinz at orcon.net.nz
Wed Feb 2 22:37:06 UTC 2005


Ummm!   I'm not sure that I am ready to guess at these things.   I rang my
ISP and they said "they didn't give a lot of support to Linux users" but
they are quite happy to take our money off us.

Ill today, It maybe clearer to me later.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Christoph Georgi" <christoph.georgi at web.de>
To: "Ubuntu Help and User Discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 03, 2005 9:44 AM
Subject: Re: Three newbie questions


>
> > 2) I use DSL via a home network attached to a Windows PC.   How do I set
> > up my Ubuntu network, what settings etc.?
> >
> > 3) Will Ubuntu find my DSL through the Windows Home network?  Any
> > suggestions on how to achieve this would be appreciated.
> >
> > Greeting from a warm Taumarunui in NZ
> > _____________________________________________
> >
>
> ad 2)
> I suppose you are using the Win Box as a gateway for you DSL
> connection?! In that case you have to tell Ubuntu the IP of the Gateway
> Computer:
>
> Computer -> System Configuration -> Networking
>
> Open the "Properties" of your Ethernet Device
>
> Configuration: Manually
> IP Adress: <whatever you need for your network>
> Subnetmask: <whatever you need for your network>
> Gateway address: <IP of your Win Box>
>
> In order to find the Gateway address look at the output of "ipconfig" as
> Dave suggested (Default Gateway it's called).
>
> ad 3)
> Ubuntu will only find your DSL connection if you are using DHCP, as all
> the IPs you usually have to configure manually (see above) are
> configured automatically. This implies of cause that you have a DHCP
> server running on your Windows PC.
>
> christoph
>
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