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julesh
10-01-2002, 10:27 AM
from jules.
to anyone :
I'm using linux 7.2. redhat.
currently i'm using windows 2000 to go online.
i have cable highspeed internet access.
i read the book of redhat 7.2 unleash.
it gives instructions how to connect for regular dial up ppp connections.
but no cable highspeed internet connection instruction is available.
can anyone give some instruction how to use redhat linux 7.2 to connect to the internet using cable highspeed internet service.
or maybe someone could point me in to the right direction where to get that information.
anyones advice will be greatly appreciated.
how are you hooked up with cable?
is it a cable modem to ethernet card connection or something else?
julesh
10-01-2002, 02:30 PM
from julesh.
to cybr099:
i'm hooked up from the cable to cable modem to ethernet card on my computer.
sorry i didn't provide this information earlier.
nuvan
10-01-2002, 07:59 PM
for the duration of this reply, i'm going to be making a few assumptions:
1) You are logged in as root (this is essential)
2) that the driver for your network card is the tulip driver
3) that your network card is listed as eth0 in your system
now, to actually bring your internet up, you first need to load a driver for your ethernet card. To do this, type
# modprobe tulip
this will load the module for your ethernet card into the kernel. Most often, your network card is set up as eth0. You now need to connect to a DHCP server, to get the IP's of your DNS, and your own IP address (IIRC, all cable connections are DHCP). To do this, type
# dhcpcd eth0
this will contact your DHCP server, and get the required information to connect you to the internet. Now, to check if your internet is up and running, just type
# ifconfig -a
if you look at the first section, about 3 lines down, you'll see a group of words in CAPS. You should be looking for the words UP and RUNNING, if they are there, then your internet is up...
Now, to check whether your internet is up, either ping a site
# ping www.linuxnewbie.org
or use a web browser to try to access a website
HTH
[edit] spelling
# ping www.linuxnewbie.org
Heh, www.linuxnewbie.org doesn't seem to reply to pings.
Daedra
10-01-2002, 08:08 PM
Who is your cable provider?
CrashTestDummy9
10-01-2002, 08:19 PM
Originally posted by kam
Heh, www.linuxnewbie.org doesn't seem to reply to pings. LOL . I noticed that too . yahoo.com or google.com works better .:D :D :D
julesh
10-01-2002, 09:46 PM
my cable provider is comcast.
bwkaz
10-01-2002, 11:46 PM
And just so no one in the future gets confused, those # symbols in the commands that nuvan posted are not meant to be typed in verbatim!
They are an indication that you are logged on as root; they are the end of the shell prompt, whatever. If you type them in verbatim, nothing will happen -- the # symbol marks a comment in most shell languages.