LINUX and Broadband

[Guilheme]

I was on windows 'till last week. And now I'm going to give Linux a try :)
I've installed my conectiva linux6.0 (red hat in Latin America) with KDE, Gnome and windows maker (personaly I liked KDE the most).


But I can't install my DSL broadband in it.

In windows, I'd just go to network settings and setup my Ip, GateWAy, DNS, host and other stuff. But I don't know how to do this in LINUX :(

My broadband is composed by an Alcatel Speed Touch Pro modem connected to a 10/100 base T network card (ENL832-TX by RealTek I guess.)


Thanks in advance :)


ps: I've seen some "eth0" (as well as 1,2 and 3) in linux, does this mean that my network card was detected?

[Keyser Soze]

In a terminal window, type netcfg ....the rest is self explanatory.

[Guilheme]

thanks,

what about eth0?

[Keyser Soze]

eth0 is your connection to your dsl router. It is the nic you are plugged into.

[Guilheme]

couldn't do it :(

There are 4 spaces: the IP one, the GateWay one, and the submask one.About the 4th one that I've just forgot the name (shame on me sorry). What is it???

[ronmon]

It's probably your broadcast address. If your IP address is 192.168.0.x it would be 192.168.0.255

BTW, most things in Linux are counted from 0, hence eth0 is your first ethernet card, the second would be eth1, etc.

[Guilheme]

thanks for the info