On Feb 27, 2013 6:39 AM, "Joao Luis Meloni Assirati" < assir...@nonada.if.usp.br> wrote: > > > Hi folks, > > I have been considering all day how I will ask this. > > it is very very important that I get the answer I seek, and with so many > > variations, things can shift off the mark if not careful. > > going to keep it simple only adding extra detail if necessary. > > If one already has an install of debian, in this case squeeze that did > > not involve including network access at the time, how does one add the > > networking aspect later? > > I will have working dsl I trust this weekend. I want the individual > > helping me connect my main computer to also inform my Debian machine that > > a > > network connection exists, letting debian establish the best drivers > > etc., for the network. > > How specifically is this done? > > Chances are that your network card was detected and the correct kernel > module is already being loaded. If this is the case and you never touched > any network configuration file, and also you dsl provider does not use > pppoe but instead plain ethernet with dhcp, then networking will just work > when you connect the network cable. > > If it does not work, please write again to this list including the output > of the comands > > cat /etc/network/interfaces > dpkg --status network-manager | grep Status > lspci -v > dmesg | grep eth0 > /sbin/ifconfig > > and whether your provider uses pppoe or plain ethernet with dhcp. > > João Luis. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org > Archive: http://lists.debian.org/d880a900230b40889dbd9072ff9d726b.squir...@nonada.if.usp.br >
Yes, João Luis is right; I remember when I also had DSL, I was using pppconfig (or ppp-config) which was basically just a script that launched a wizard that would ask you a few questions like dsl user name and password. However, I recommend you try the DSL on a computer to see that the connection is working, disconect it using ppp-on (? or some similar command -- I'd just type ppp<tab>) and plug it into a router. That way you only configure it once and you can plug in as many network devices as you have ports available, and wireless devices even :-). And please do come back to the list asking your questions; you don't have to spend a lot of time to formulate them. Just describe your problem and what you have tried to do about it, if applicable. Good luck!
