478 Part III . (Adult web hosting) Choosing and Installing a
Wednesday, April 25th, 2007478 Part III . Choosing and Installing a Linux Distribution 6. You can simply accept the default IP address (and related Netmask, Broadcast, and Network numbers) by typing N. If you are creating a new set of addresses for your LAN, this is a common set of IP addresses for you to use (192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, and so on). Consider changing the IP address if it conflicts with your current network numbering or if that set of IP addresses is being used on your interface to the Internet. Would you like to change these settings? [Y/N]: N OPTIONS CONFIGURATION Demand Dial: Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data traffic is present. 7. Now set up your dial-up features (if you are using dial-up to get to the Internet, as this example does). The first question is whether to allow demand dialing. Type y if you want the Internet connection to start up every time someone tries to open a connection to that interface (say, for trying to browse the Web or sending e-mail from the local system or any computer on your LAN using this as a route to the Internet): Do you want to enable the demand dial option [y/n]: y 8. Type the number of seconds of idle time (time when no data is sent over the network connection) after which the dial-up connection to the Internet is dropped. The default is 180 (three minutes). I changed it to 600 (10 minutes). Enter number of seconds for idle disconnect [180]: 600 9. To connect to the Internet with a particular IP address (assigned from the ISP), type y and then add the IP address as requested. In most cases, however, you just have the ISP assign you an IP address by typing n here. Did your ISP assign you a static IP ADDRESS? [y/n]: n Setting up for dynamic PPP Address Set the local PPP interface IP address. Should not be the same as 192.168.0.1, but on the same subnet. 10. You need an initial IP address to start the PPP interface. As noted, you should use an IP address that is on the same network as your LAN. Press enter for [192.168.0.3]: 192.168.0.3 11. The next several questions relate to setting up your dial-out connection. The tty device is the serial port where your modem is connected (ttyS0 for COM1, ttyS1 for COM2, and so forth). The port speed refers to how fast your computer can talk to the modem (the default, 115200, is fine). ATZ is the normal script for initializing a modem (check your modem manual if you need something else). Type any name representing your ISP (no spaces). Enter the phone number to dial to get your Internet connection. Finally, enter the username and then the password that was provided to you by the ISP for this Internet account.
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