Linux help

[dreamweaverdude]

is it a usb or router modem, or internal

 

[mark thorpe]

umm, how do you find that out, all i know is that it is the broardband modem from ntl, its really bad and the service is really bad, it keeps on breaking down

 

[dreamweaverdude]

it's probaly usb, which are generally pretty crappy but they work...sort of . find where the phone line plugs into the computer for the internet and then post up if it goes to a box plug that plugs into the back of the computer via a usb or ethernet connection. or if the phone line plug straight into the back of the com

 

[mark thorpe]

phone line goes into a box, with ethernet coming out of it into the computer/laptop

 

[dreamweaverdude]

sound like a modem router which is very good news, it means that it is connected all the time and all you have to do is plug it into your linux box/machine tell linux that the internet connection is always on, as I said I can't tell you how step by step becuase my linux box is down. And get surfing

 

[dreamweaverdude]

sorry, plug it into your networking port

 

[mark thorpe]

do i plug it into the ethernet port then? it is always on unless ntl's server is down, which is quite a lot of the time because they are rubbish!

 

[dreamweaverdude]

yeah just plug it into the network port and tell linux that it is an alway on lan connection. i can't remember exactly how to do this but you just have to fiddle and find out by trial and error

 

[mark thorpe]

ok thanks, ill give it a go tomorrow or ill try to get it to connect to my school network

 

[dreamweaverdude]

do you have to log onto your school network
???