Accessing Internet over PPPoA with FC5
Sean Bruno
sean.bruno at dsl-only.net
Sat Apr 22 20:50:56 UTC 2006
On Sat, 2006-04-22 at 13:42 -0700, c_bruce wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have an FC5 WinXP dual boot system. Using Mozilla on FC5, I can't access
> the Internet
> except for RedHat sites. When using FC4 and SUSE 9.1, I could get online as
> root only. WinXP goes online fine. Knoppix 3.2 goes online also. The PPPoA
> software is in the Qwest DSL modem (Actiontec GT701-wg DSL Modem with
> Wireless Gateway)
> Not sure what to do next.
>
> thanks,
>
> cb
>
Hey...I just went through this non-sense as well. Basically the modem
has to be setup with PPPoA(username/password stuff). Then you setup
your box to either DHCP from the router or with a static IP(I'm NAT'd
behind the router to 192.168.0.X).
I hope this helps.
Sean
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