On Wed 27 Apr 2022 at 14:24:51 (-0400), gene heskett wrote: > On Wednesday, 27 April 2022 14:04:43 EDT Larry Martin wrote:
> > >> Thank you for the prompt reply. I am still having problems. I > > >> enter my IP address as 192.168.1.45 and all appears to go ok. When > > >> it gets to the point of connecting to a mirror site it fails. I > > >> have left the proxy blank. Any suggestions?> > > That address will not go thru a router, it is an assigned private block > (192.168.xx.zz) that you can set up for your home networks, so you will > need to setup a NAT scheme in the router and let it handle the details. I > do that here for 6 machines full time, and they all have free run of the > net. And with the router running dd-wrt or one of its ilk, it stands > guard, allowing nothing coming in that wasn't asked for. And its been > standng guard here for 20 years now with no penetrators. >From the OP's original post, I see no evidence that they have configured an internet connection. Is the router connected to their computer by ethernet, or wired? What does ip a print? After all, everything up to the proxy can be installed off the DVD; IIRC the next step is scanning the Debian mirror, the first involving outside communication. Notice that I wrote DVD. Question zero might be: CD, or DVD? Disclaimer: If it's a DVD, then honestly, I'm not familiar with /exactly/ when you configure the network. Cheers, David.
