yes I am certain I do not understand the question. I have an antenae in the front yard connected with coax cable to a radio toa networking box it is a wireless connection >From: Mark Weaver <mdw1982 at mdw1982.com> >Reply-To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >To: CentOS mailing list <centos at centos.org> >Subject: Re: [CentOS] very new user having problems >Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2006 07:57:23 -0400 > >barbaara fberg wrote: >>I wrote from work and had to wait to go home to get answers >>My windows machine was broadcasting my entire hard drive to the other >>wireless users. >>I did a sysclean this morning and found a virus. So I am using my >>husband's machine til it is fixed. >> >>I downloaded a"connec to internet" from the centos site, but it did not >>help much >> >>my internet provider helped bit >>we went into 'network device controller " - that is blank >>went into "network config " profile is unclecked status is inactive >>device is ethoO nickname is etho >>type is ethernet >>we went into "hardware" desceiption is DLine type is ethent device is etho >>status is ok >>we went into " IPsec" profile type destination nickname all are blank >>we went into "DNS" hostname I types in localhost.localhost >> Primary DNS starts 66 >> Secondary blank >> Tertiary DNS blank >> DNS search path blank >>we wento "hosts" >>IP name and aliases are blank >> >>------------ >>then I went into Mozilla Foxfire under preferences, connection settings >>direct connection is checked >>auto detect in unchecked >>manual proxy is unchecked >>HTTP proxy Port 0 >>SSL proxy Port 0 >>FTP proxy Port ) >>Gopher Proxy Port 0 >>Socks Host Port 0 >> >> socks vr unchecked socksv5 checked >>no proxy for [ ] >> >>I have some numbers as on the sheet I downloaded >>some start 255 some 192. I am just not certain which ones go where? >> >>thank you for writing. you were the only one to reply > >Ok. let me rephrase the question because I'm not sure you understand what >I'm asking. In order for us to help you you've got to tell us which "type" >of internet connection you have. > >(1) dialup >(2) DSL or Cable (broadband) > >A dialup connection requires a different type of configuration. The stuff >your ISP tech had you looking at has little to do with actually "creating" >a connection but rather tweaking an existing connection. So before we can >go any further please tell us which type of internet connection you've got. > >-- >Mark > >"If you have found a very wise man, then you've found >a man that at one time was an idiot and lived long enough >to learn from his own stupidity." >============================================== >Powered by CentOS4 (RHEL4) >_______________________________________________ >CentOS mailing list >CentOS at centos.org >http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos