[ILUG] New Beeee.. need help with Irish Broadband and SUSE

[Ken Gilmour]

Hi Frederick

What package do you have with Irishbroadband?

If you're using breeze (i think there's a new name for it now) you have to statically set your ip address

ifconfig eth0 62.231.32.0 255.255.255.190 gw 62.231.46.2

ifconfig = interface configuration
eth0 should be replaced with the name of your network interface
first set of numbers is the IP they gave you
second set of numbers is your netmask
gw = the gateway you want it to use
the last set of numbers is the IP address of the default gateway

If you're using Ripwave (ethernet version) you don't need drivers, they also have dynamic IP addressing (or DHCP)

In OpenBSD i type
dhclient xl1

This receives the address dynamically. replace xl1 with your interface name. If you have the USB version of ripwave send it back and demand a linux compatible one (ie ethernet)... I don't buy off anyone who doesn't support linux whether or not i choose to run windows with the device i like the option to change at will :-)

hth

Ken

> Hi.
> Looking for information on setting up connection with Irish
> Broadband service. it works on the XP box but SUSE is not
> interested nor are any of the other CD based distros I have.
> I'm a bit new to it all so it's probably easy. All the FAQs are
> based on modems so no joy there.
> I would think it would be just set IP add. Subnet mask and Default
> Gateway on the network card. Teh brouser I would hope would pick it
> up and run with it.!!! or not.!
>
> Not sure if I doing this the right way but god loves a chancer or
> something like that.
> Hope I'm not stepping on toes by posting to the wrong place. Thaks
> to anyone for there time. Reply to woodfrederick at hotmail.com if U
> like.
>
> Regards.
>
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