First steps to configure ADSL connection

[Leandro Melo]

Hi, thanks for your answer and your attention, but that's not what i'm
really looking for.
I'll try to clarify my question.
I already have all the physical stuff set up, as i already use my adsl
connection on windows xp.
I have recently started Fedora and beyond the fact i'm a linux
beginner, i've never used fedora or red hat before. However, i've
worked a bit with a brazilian distro (called conectiva). In conectiva
distro there was a tool to install rpm packages. So i did install the
rp-pppoe package and then run a fill scripts to configure the
connection.
That's exactly what i want to do with Fedora! BUT....
- I'm a complete beginer.
- Where should i get the rp-pppoe package? 
- What's the fedora way of installing rpms? 
- After that, should i run the "adsl-setup" script, or there's someother thing?
Well, sorry for my stupidness!!
Any help is appreciated! 
 


> I recently installed DSL service at home.  When I ordered it I was given
> 2 OS choices - Mac or Win.  I choose Mac as I actually have one (an old
> G3 with OS X 10.2 but no windows box) but mostly use Linux. I also chose
> the self-install option.  They (SBC-yahoo) sent me a box with the DSL
> modem and several line filters and a couple of cables.  Plug one filter
> into each phone jack and plug phone into the phone port on the filter.
> Plug the cat 5 cable supplied in the box into the DSL port on the DSL
> modem and the other end into the DSL port on the filter by the DSL
> modem.  The DSL modem also has an Ethernet port.  Another cat 5 cable
> connects that to the NIC in my Linux box.  The DSL modem I was sent is a
> SpeedStream 5100, an external device.  It does NAT and DHCP.  It also
> has an embedded web server.  Configure the Linux box NIC for DHCP and
> activate the interface (ifup eth0  or  service network restart).  Point
> a web browser at the DSL modem at the ip address in the docs
> (192.168.0.1 in my case.)  Follow the instructions on the web page.
> 
> I also received a CD with software to run on the Mac that was used to
> set up some service preferences and an email account.  I do not know if
> I could have gotten along without doing this step.  I initially
> connected the DSL modem to the G3 to do that setup.  After the setup was
> done then I moved the cable to the Linux box.
> 
> I have added a 5 port D-Link wired router to my network with the WAN
> port on that connected to the DSL modem and the Linux workstations also
> connect to the router.  The default gateway address on the Linux boxes
> is the router (192.168.0.1)  The ip address for the name server is also
> 192.168.0.1. (I'm not sure just how that works but it does. One thing
> that I learned after 40 years in computing is that I do not have to
> understand how all of it works to use it.  It's nice to know but not
> essential. Anyway, about the time I start to feel that I understand
> something well it changes or is replaced.  But Linux is still fun!)
> 
> I suspect that other issues may be involved with other types of DSL
> hardware.
> 
> paul
> 
> paul at almquist.name
> Eau Claire, WI UA