[Techtalk] Config DSL for RH

[Carla Schroder]

Oh well then, your router needs to provide DHCP to your internal network. It 
shouldn't matter if you have a static or dynamically assigned IP on your DSL 
account. As the Netgear router has only a single port, you'll need a hub to 
connect all your computers. Really, DHCP is dead simple on the client side- 
simply turn it on. All the configuration is done on the Netgear router, which 
hopefully has a browser interface, and not some OS-specific nonsense. 

You can also give your LAN machines static IPs, but that is a bit more work. 
Either way, see your Official Red Hat Linux Customization Guide, it has a 
very good networking guide. I hope your router has a decent manual.

Part 1 is sharing your Internet connection. Part 2 is networking your 
machines with each other, if you want to do that. That's a whole nother 
project, again refer to the Red Hat manuals. They are available online.

Carla


On Monday 17 June 2002 12:17 am, Rei Ayanami wrote:
> hey Carla and all,
> sorry I wasn't more clear...I HAVE a router, it's a netgear rt311...I
> meant I actually configured that router, not the DSL router.  My
> apologies to you all. :-&
>
> --Rei
>