[plug] David's ADSL Problem

[David]

Jonathan Young wrote:
> While trying to help David, Jonathan wrote:
> 
>> So your ADSL modem is connecting, but you are using your dial-up 
>> connection to do your work, true?
YES that is true.
>>
>> Does that mean that Internet and email are working properly, in Linux, 
>> on the same machine that you now want to connect to your ADSL modem? 

  Does that mean that Internet and email are working properly, on the 
dial-up connection only..

it does not work on the ADSL modem at all.
>>
>> If so, all we need to do is get your computer to network to the modem 
>> and request information from your modem.  Nothing else should have to 
>> change.  Once you are connected email will work just like it does on 
>> the dial-up connection.

but it dose not
>>
>> So the next thing I would like to know is, how is your modem connected 
>> - USB or Ethernet (CAT5 / blue network cable)?

Ethernet (CAT5 / blue network cable)
>>
>> I may have some time on Friday to answer a few questions, but if not, 
>> it will be next Tuesday before I am back online.

ok i am here the morning ok./

regards

david
>>
> I am waiting for some answers from David to try to work out exactly what 
> is an isn't working and therefore what needs to be fixed, but I have my 
> suspicions...
> 
> Therefore:
> 
>> TO THE REST OF THE PLUG LIST:  Supposing that a modem is working and 
>> connected and attached to you Debian Sarge based PC via Ethernet, what 
>> would be the steps (1, 2, 3, 4 etc.) that you would do in an X Windows 
>> session to tell your computer to use 192.168.1.1 as the Default 
>> Gateway with transparent proxy and DNS from the modem and to ignore 
>> your dial-up connection and use the Ethernet instead.
> 
> Can some people who are more familiar with this OS than I am please post 
> some really simple steps to help make the changes required.
> 
> I will take it from there if someone can remind me where to go to make 
> the changes etc.
> 
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