[wellylug] How to connect to the internet via Ethernet and Jetstream

[Bill & Di]

Hi Jethro

Before I switch back to try your suggestions I'm running Debian which I 
HDInstalled from a Knoppix 3.3 Live CD.

REgards

Bill

Jethro Carr wrote:

>On Sat, 2005-05-14 at 16:23, Bill & Di wrote:
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>>Hi all
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>>I was wondering someone could please help me.
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>>I signed up for Jetstream a few months back and got a D-Link DSL-302G 
>>modem to connect to the internet but have been stuck with Windows using 
>>a USB connection.  I finally got an ethernet connection and seem to have 
>>it working.  At least thats what the utility at http//:10.1.1.1 tells me.
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>>What I can't do is get on the internet as my web browser says "no such 
>>host".  What do I have to do to get over this final hurdle.
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>login to the modem at 10.1.1.1 and make sure the modem says that the WAN
>is connected first. if it isn't, it's a modem setting problem.
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>otherwise:
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>the problem is the computer either doesn't know where to look or dns
>resolution isn't working.
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>have you set your default gateway to 10.1.1.1?
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>also, set your DNS server to 10.1.1.1, as your modem should
>automatically get the DNS from telecom.
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>most distros have a gui tool for configuring these things. Which linux
>distro are you using? If you specify that, we can give more indepth
>help.
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