How to install in LINUX (Fedora Core ) ?

[Dr. Sanjit K. Das]

We have Tata Indicom cable internet connection supplied by local operators in our institution. So there is no local modems connected with the system. We have two connections in two terminals and so far they have been working in WINDOWS XP system. Now we wanted one of them to be working with Fedora Core 6 LINUX system for some reasons. For windows there is a installation programme, that has to be run for installation. For LINUX there is no such programme available with me. The operators said that it does not need any programe to install in LINUX which I believe is true, since at my home I have BSNL broadband connection which is working fine. I installed it without any installation programme. Therefore, I took the same procedure to install it in my institution. From 'my network connection' as a 'root' I have activated the ethernet connection by supplying the IP addresses which I got from the windows connection (my computer is a dual booting system and in windows the connection is working fine) and it has been activated successfully. After that I added a xDSL connection with a choice of automatically finding the dynamic address. Then I tried to activate the xDSL connection and found that it has been activated. But then when I tried to go to some web address via firefox it is saying that the server not found which means that the connection has not actually been established. I don't understand where I am wrong. I tried to contact the local operators. They said that they can not help me out, but they know that some of their subscribers have installed their connection by their own. I would be very much thankful if anybody in this forum can help me out.-SKD

 

[nettlynx]

is your tata connection connected to ethernet (lan card). Plz furnish more details.regardsneeraj kharbandanettlynx networks

 

[Dr. Sanjit K. Das]

Yes, the connection is via ethernet (LAN) supplied by local cable network. I have activated it by giving ip addresses(for my case they are 172.16.0.102255.255.0.0172.16.0.1)These I have got from windowsXP where the connection is working fine. This is a dual booting system. The ethernet connection is getting activated successfully, at least the window for 'network connection' is showing that. Also the xDSL connection is shown to be activated successfully. Only when I start Firefox and try to go some website it is showing 'server not found'.- Samjit

 

[nettlynx]

hi,from linux can u ping 202.54.15.30 ?then can u ping yahoo.com then can u ping your gateway 172.16.0.1from the console.regardsneeraj kharbandanettlynx networks

 

[Dr. Sanjit K. Das]

Hello Mr. Kharbanda,Thanks for your suggestion. I have run the ping according to your suggestion and got the following result: [sanjit@localhost ~]$ ping 202.54.15.30PING 202.54.15.30 (202.54.15.30) 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=1 ttl=242 time=106 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=2 ttl=242 time=105 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=3 ttl=242 time=108 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=4 ttl=242 time=106 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=5 ttl=242 time=119 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=6 ttl=242 time=106 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=7 ttl=242 time=136 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=8 ttl=242 time=109 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=9 ttl=242 time=121 ms64 bytes from 202.54.15.30: icmp_seq=10 ttl=242 time=116 ms--- 202.54.15.30 ping statistics ---10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9014msrtt min/avg/max/mdev = 105.550/113.780/136.938/9.498 ms[sanjit@localhost ~]$ ping yahoo.comping: unknown host yahoo.com[sanjit@localhost ~]$ ping 172.16.0.1PING 172.16.0.1 (172.16.0.1) 56(84) bytes of data.64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.307 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.285 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.292 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=0.289 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=5 ttl=64 time=0.291 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=6 ttl=64 time=0.276 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=7 ttl=64 time=0.270 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=8 ttl=64 time=0.283 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=9 ttl=64 time=0.271 ms64 bytes from 172.16.0.1: icmp_seq=10 ttl=64 time=0.279 ms--- 172.16.0.1 ping statistics ---10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9000msrtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.270/0.284/0.307/0.016 msWhat to do now ?-Sanjit

 

[nettlynx]

Hi Mr. Das,Your problem is nearly solved. You don't have dns entries in your linux system. Now do this. (I don't know much about gui linux as it keeps on changing and linux has many flavours.)open the console windowsu should be as root user, (fedora can log into gui in root some other distros don't allow root users). If the console is logged into non root then you can do this :su -l ( enter the password after that)after thatcd /etcthere will be a file resolv.conf. edit with your editor which ever you are familiar with. If you are using gui then simply give the command gedit /etc/resolv.conf & change the nameserver to your vsnl nameserver. which i think is 202.54.15.30 entry will be like thisnameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ip address of the nameserver)nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx. (secondary ip)save the file and enjoy the surfing on india's most rotten ISP.regardsneeraj kharbandanettlynx network

 

[Dr. Sanjit K. Das]

Thank you Mr. Kharbanda. I have added my DNS gateway address 172.16.0.1 in /etc/resov.cof (although I have not added secondary IP address since I don't know it) and I can now be able to surf the web.Thank you once more.-Sanjit