Thanks for the reply, Bob. I'm running FC4 with the latest updates. I dual boot to Windows 98, where DSL is working great. I've got an older SMC NIC plugged into the DSL modem. I read the DSL HOWTO, which I think was a big mistake. Based on that, I spent a lot of time trying to configure PPPoE, but I don't think I need to worry about any of that. I did manage to mess up all my config files. I gave up on PPPoE, deleted all my config files and reinstalled the networking packages. It's an external xDSL SpeedStream 5200 modem connected to my NIC, so I think all I need to do is configure DHCP to get an IP for my NIC and set up the routing table correctly and I should be done. If I'm wrong about that, then I'm more lost than I thought. The first problem is that my NIC is not getting an IP address on boot. I don't see anything interesting in ifconfig, other than the lack of any IP address -- not even 0.0.0.0 <http://0.0.0.0>, which I think should be there if DHCP is even trying. I don't see any errors in dmesg or in the syslog, so I think I need to turn up the debug level. If I can get an IP for my NIC, I think I'm almost home because I can copy the routing table from the windows side. On 10/3/05, Bob Schilmoeller <bob at schilmoeller.com> wrote: > > Jim, > I have been on Frontier DSL since its existence. The only problems I have > had has been every time it has been sold! :-) Recently though I had to > reset > my DSL modem and received a new IP address for the first time in 4 years! > But > it did give me a 60% bump in speed. > > All of that said, I use a Dlink router with no special settings and it > works > great. I also used RH 7.3 on an old box as my router a couple of years a > ago > with no special settings. > > Now that I have told you my config, can you shed some light on what your > config is, the symptoms you are seeing and what things you have tried? It > may > trigger some insight from the list. > > - Bob > > > > jim scott wrote: > > Greetings, all. I'm brand new to the list. Does anyone here use > > Frontier's xDSL? I'm trying to connect my Fedora Core 4 box to the > > Internet through Frontiernet.net <http://Frontiernet.net> < > http://Frontiernet.net>, but have been > > having a lot of DHCP problems. I can't get an IP address for my NIC. > > Does anyone know if Frontier (service in Lakeville/Rosemount) has any > > special settings I need to know about? Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > > tclug-list at mn-linux.org > > http://mailman.mn-linux.org/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list > -- http://ThreeWayNews.blogspot.com Your source. For everything. Really. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20051003/d26c24c9/attachment.htm