Learning the ways to connect to the net...

dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

I know very basic networking like subnets, NFS, SSH, Classes of IP DHCP etc... what I do not know is the ways to connect to the net ADSL, T3, T1, dialup etc... etc... etc... and configuring them in each disto is different. I don't know what to make the disto do since I don't know what to actually do to connect to the Internet.

So I was wondering about a book or something which explains the ways to connect to the Internet in Linux and a bit of the protocols internals which I think will be mandatory to accomplish the goals; I should know what to make the OS do so as to get it connected to the net.
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Jimini · l33t Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Germany

Actually, I have not read a book about this question yet, but these links could help you understand the way of data through the internet:
http://www.linux-tutorial.info/modules.php?name=MContent&obj=page&pageid=142
http://www.searchandgo.com/articles/internet/internet-practice-4.php

I found these links here ;)

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Jimini
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Inodoro_Pereyra · Posted: Tue Jul 13, 2010 5:56 pm Post subject:

There is only one way to connect to the internet: By telling to the operating system wich net is the local one (assuming you know about subnets as stated above). All other traffic not belonging to a local net will be forwarded to the gateway. That´s all. This is the same no matter what OS we are talking about.

The universal way to do it in Linux:

Jimini · l33t Joined: 31 Oct 2006 Posts: 601 Location: Germany

Hm...maybe it was a misunderstanding, I understood him in the way that he wants to get information in general how such a connection works :)

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Jimini
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dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

to my knowledge, only by PPP, you have sub-formats (pppoa...) but always PPP, like for a 56k

Even when you are using ethernet to connect to a dsl router, in fact the router itself use pppoe(a) to connect with your modem... that's why you don't need anything else, but still, the protocol is use, just by the router and not the os.

So i would said, for linux, learn pppd usage, you will be able to connect to anything.

dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

What about the interface requirements? pppd will run on this interface, so what will be the configuration of this interface (from the OS side)? For e.g. will it be set to dhcp or static or something else or simply null?
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

it will be set by the provider thru dhcp for random ip, or static for fixed ip, as simple as that.
These are part of the connection itself, like password, protocol and implementation, so OS have nothing to do on that, user need to implement them.

Have a look here to see howto setup one (pickup that one, because i answer that one)
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-813542-highlight-ppp.html

Another interesting case, some more hardware specifications need.
https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-825214-highlight-module.html

But as you see, from the OS pov, nothing change, pppd at work.

Pretty sure the forum is full of answers from someone else (you don't want to be Krinn, else you'll be as limited as him) that could easy higher your knowledge in minutes.

dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

The usual technique provided in the handbook does not work (maybe cause I'm using baselayout 2). I have to use rp-pppoe.

So basically to connect to the net using ppp, I have to set eth0 to DHCP, then start pppoe-connect after setup through pppoe-setup?

That's it?... will it be the same for all OS?
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krinn · Watchman Joined: 02 May 2003 Posts: 7470

yes,
i remember win95 (or was it 98?) didn't provide pppoe layer, and by this time an external program was need for that. I suppose newer windows versions provide pppoe now.

So when using an OS, try to find the ppp program/functions and set it up and you'll be ok.

dE_logics · Advocate Joined: 02 Jan 2009 Posts: 2253 Location: $TERM

But in those times I did not have an ADSL connection.

Apparently it appears to work... all of a sudden, it did not work in Sabayon however and I was head banging for a long time.

Actually here, I did not even start eth0... it's down and the net's still working.

Anyway, thanks.
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Inodoro_Pereyra · Posted: Fri Jul 16, 2010 6:11 pm Post subject: