Re: Linux Setup

On Tue, 29 Nov 2005 16:57:16 GMT, in uk.telecom.broadband , John
<reverseecralk_j@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>I've been asked to look into setting up BT Broadband for Business on a
>standalone Linux system (Mandriva 2006) can anyone point me to a setup
>guide please ?

Can't point you at anything, but out of the box, linux supports
ethernet networking, and business broadband routers are generally
ethernet too, so you can probably just plug the two together with some
CAT5 cable, and tell the linux system to use DHCP to get an address
etc.

>At home I use cable so I've no idea what to expect in
>terms of equipment supplied, settings to use - presumably it can be set
>up manually without using a Windows set up cd.

A windows setup CD won't be much use with Linux...
--
Mark McIntyre
CLC FAQ <http://www.eskimo.com/~scs/C-faq/top.html>
CLC readme: <http://www.ungerhu.com/jxh/clc.welcome.txt>

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