Red Hat Internet config




 

Pre-Requirements:
You need to know the following data to be able to install an ADSL link with PPPoE:


Installation:
You must have an Ethernet card attached to your computer in order to use an ADSL modem. Just connect the ADSL-modem with this network card using a cross-connected Ethernet cable. Now you have to configure your network adapter hardware e.g. using kudzu. Read more about this in the Installation manual accompanying your copy of Red Hat Linux.

Now you can set up ADSL/T-DSL using adsl-config. Just open X-Windows and start adsl-config in a Terminal window. You will get a screen as seen above:

Now you must enter your Connection data:

Usage of your ADSL link:
Once you've installed your link, you surely want to use your connection aswell.
If you have not activated Dial on demand you can start your internet connection with /etc/rc.d/init.d/pppoe start , stop it with /etc/rc.d/init.d/pppoe stop and see if there is a connection alive with /etc/rc.d/init.d/pppoe status.