Internet Connect of FC6..

[Gene Heskett]

On Monday 19 February 2007, Ryan Li wrote:
>Dear Fedora User Community,
>
>I feel like a total idiot by asking such a question but...
>
>I can't connect my Fedora Core 6 to an ADSL internet connection. There's
> no problem using a Cable internet connection since I don't need to
> enter a username or password,
>but when I want to connect to the internet using ADSL, I must verify my
>Username and Password.
>In what menu can I go about doing this? Or how should I go about doing
> this?
>
>I went into: Applications -> Settings-Modules -> Internet & Network ->
>Network Settings
>and I set the IP Address, Netmask, Default Gateway -and in the Advanced
>Settings I filled in the Description, Broadcast, and Gateway. That was
> all set in the Network Interfaces tab. And in the Routes tab, I had to
> set the Default Gateway once again. What am I missing?
>
>Is this not the correct place to enter the settings for an ADSL internet
>connection?
>Where should/can I enter the Username and Password so the ISP can verify
> my account?
>
>Sincerely,
>Ryan (FC6 User)

It is ONE of the places you'll need to set that up.  If you aren't using a 
router, then you'll need to go get PPPoE and install it, then setup 
iptables to do some NAT translation so you can use a private 
(192.168.x.x) address block and filter the net at the same time.  Its a 
bit more complex than that and not really coverable in one message, but 
ask as you proceed for better answers...

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