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connecting Linux to Internet via DSL

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by dennisbv

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I have a old computer that I am trying Linux on and I have a small ethernet network at home which consists of a DSL modem, a Hub and my patch panel. I have to Windows computers that we connect to the internet with and I want to add the linux box. My DSL provider assigns the IP address dynamicly. I don't need to do anything special to get a windows pc to use the DSL but I don't know what to do with the Linux

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by o/siris

I'm still a Linux newbie myself, so this isn't going to be a very detailed answer. But I will tell you that Mandrake and Caldera distributions have both offered me the option to set up DHCP on the network connections if the NIC was detected.

There should also be information for this at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/DSL-HOWTO/index.html that should give you a good idea of what to do. Maybe also via http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/index.html for some added information.

Hope that helps.

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