PROPER SUSE 10.1 dsl connection

hello would anyone here by chance know how to configure

SUSE 10.1

to allow me to connect to th internet

on my adsl broadband

phone line connection

which i am currently using to connect to the internet now on my xp OS

i have a dual boot xp-SUSE 10.1

 

1. Whos your isp?
2. Modem or router?
3. do this command in a terminal window and post the response
ifconfig

 

1.Bigpond
2.Modem no router
3.This is my windows cmd window response
i will post suse terminal response in my next post

:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix. . . . . . . . . . . :bigpond
IP address. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :124.177.126.135
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . . . . . .. . .. . .. . . . . . :255.0.0.0
Default Gateway . . . .. . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. :172.18.112.201

How can suse have ipconfig if i havent even connected to the internet on suse linux yet.

 

Not IPConfig, IFConfig. It appears that you are connected, but for BigPond, you have a little work for it to work. Check the Firewall settings, due to it may be too restricted, and you need to change them.

 

as i said for windows it is

but i have dual boot

and cant get it to work on suse 10.1

 

If you goto yast does it show a detected nic, ifconfig is the command to do in a linux terminal, i need the info posted, it will help me determine how your nic is setup and such, ifconfig is the linux version of ipconfig built in.

But digging further i relized Bigpond uses ppoe to connect, give me a bit and i will find the exact instructions on setup that under suse.

 

okay ifconfig nor ipconfig worked in shell konsole of SUSE linux 10.1

rember that im on dual boot computer xp - suse 10.1

i fully want to make a changeover to suse

its just the linux internet connections are a puzzle even to the most intelligent kernel masters or so i have heard

anyway checking for the yast nic configuration NOW

 

Dual boot has nothing to do with the active connection. And since it states that you are grabbing an IP from the provider, check the firewall settings for the connection, and is it set for High & that the NIC is on the Internal protect for the Firewall, change to External I do believe (do not have Suse installed at this time, going back to memory).

Also, there is http://www.suseforums.net/index.php?showforum=40