Broadband???

[Kumara]

it may be a mistake. pls take it easy, it is a losson for a man like me who
is still new to list
Mohan
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Curry" <dsccable at comcast.net>
To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 9:41 AM
Subject: Re: Broadband???


> Robert Storey wrote:
>
> >On Sun, 30 Jan 2005 11:17:27 -0500
> >David Curry <dsccable at comcast.net> wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >>Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Markus Huber writes:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Seng Lee wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Can someone pls tell / teach me how to setup my broadband
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>connection>> using GNOME ( Fedora Core 3 ) because i can't seem to
> >>>get it to work>> by just configuring it with GNOME's built-in
> >>>internet connection>> wizard.... btw i'm a newbie with Linux/Fedora.
> >>>Thanks a milion.>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>DSL? Cable?
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>Why should it matter, if you have a real Internet provider?
> >>>
> >>>
> >
> >Well, it would certainly matter if he is using pppoe (as opposed to
> >having a static address). Seng, we need more info - is your setup with a
> >static address, or is it pppoe? Or for that matter, is it wireless (in
> >which case wep or wpa comes into play). There's more than one kind of
> >broadband - we need to know these little details before we can help.
> >
> >cheers,
> >Robert
> >
> >
> >
> HELLO!!!  As you edited/cropped the earlier messages Mr. Storey, you
> left the impression that I wrote the last item preceeding your text.  MY
> contribution to the thread was in fact deleted in its entirety.  That
> contribution read
>
> > Seng, I also had similar difficulties establishing a broadband
> > connection when first installing Fedora Core, both with FC2 and FC3.
> > My solution to the problem was to re-install and have Anaconda (the
> > installer) activate network services on boot up with DHCP enabled.
> > This was a drastic solution, perhaps, but it worked.
> >
> > If one is more conversant in linuxeese, editing one's init.d file
> > should provide another avenue to accomplish the same result without
> > going through re-installation. You might consult the documentation
> > available on your machine in
> > /usr/share/doc/initscripts-<version-number> (through a browser use URL
> > file:///usr/share/doc/initscripts)  and download the RedHat Linux 9.0
> > documentation manuals available at RedHat's website.
>
>
> I'll thank you to avoid misrepresentation of my statements!  They may be
> dumb or wrong and if so I accept responsibility for those shortcomings,
> but I will not sit still for having statements by others attributed to
> me or having my statements misrepresented.
>
>
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