On May 17, 11:10 am, pinniped <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You would have to explain your setup more or we might give you all the wrong > advice. For example: > 1. Are you getting internet access through 'cable' (which requires a cable > modem, probably built into the cable TV receiver) OR > 2. Is your internet via ADSL, in which case you have an ADSL modem and the > telephone line plugs into it. OR > 3. Are you using a dial-up modem? > 4. Will you only attach 1 machine at a time or will you connect several at > once? If you are connecting several, how are you sharing the connection? > > If you are using a dial-up modem and it is an external modem, this is fully > supported in Debian and you will have the option to configure this at install > time. If you use dial-up with an internal modem then you probably cannot > access the system via Linux because most internal modems are 'software > modems' and most software modems have no Linux support. (The manufacturers > seem to have an endless list of really stupid excuses.) > > If you have an ethernet cable running from your computer to the Cable or ADSL > modem, then the tool to configure the system is 'pppoeconf'. > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hey pinniped, Thank you very much for your reply! I do appreciate it. Wow, there are so many things regarding to net work! Anyway, I will try to describe my desired set up more. Right now on my laptop the Windows XP is running. On the laptop I can get onto internet simply by plug the cable provided by my ISP(no static IP is provided) in to the jack and input the ISP giving username and password in dial-up connection. I think it is not ADSL since I do not even have a telephone line in my flat. My laptop is DELL Inspiron 2200 and has NIC embeted in. I do not use an external modem as well. What is ethernet cable? do you mean the NIC? I will try to install Debian sarge(stable) in my old PC to learn Linux shell scripting , Server related technologies and networking skills. I will try to set up the old PC server as router and make my home computers get the internet access through it. My another question is if I set up firewall system in the old PC, does this set up spare my home-windows-computers from virus? Thanks a lot in advance! Rocky -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
