Accessing Internet -HOW?!?

[src2206]

Hi people
With your great initial help I have my FC5 up and running except few hiccups regarding internet.

I conect to the net via an onboard 10/100kbps LAN Card which requires authentication while connecting. Now I have the network card properly configured with all the IP Adress, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway input manually.
But now theproblem is I need to setup an authentication which my ISP requires. My ISP does not provide any Linux support so I guess I need to do it myself with help from you.
So please help.

thank you in advance.

[KenJackson]

You probably don't mean authentication to access the internet, do you? That is, you can browse to web sites can't you?

I suspect you mean authentication to send email.
Most mail servers now require authentication, but you set it up differently depending on what email software you are using. What email software are you using?

[src2206]

No I mean that I need to authenticate while connecting to net providing myusername and password provided by the ISP.

Thank you for responding.

[KenJackson]

I have a cable modem and internet service via ethernet also. Comcast doesn't ask for authentication, but I'm not sure how it would be implemented if they did.

Who is your provider? What instructions do they give for Windows users?

[src2206]

Hi Ken
Thanks for replying.
I'm in India and the service provider is BSNL with a ADSL modem.

In the meantime I developed few more newbie problems where I shall greatly appreciate your help.

There are two problems happening:

1. When I type basic command like fdisk -l I get a massege that the command is not recognised but this command is given in the Digit FastTrack to Linux to check what are the different partitions available. The same problem is happening with basic network checking commands too.

2. As i try to use the feature Add/ Remove Software I get a massege that Linux failed to retrieve these Informations. I' m not sure what has happend but I need to add some s/ws.
Prior to installation I checked all my CDs using Fedora's Inbuilt Installation Media Checking facility and all 5 were perfectly alright!
In both cases I logged in as root.
I have no prior experience with Linux so please help me out.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!

fdisk -l and a few other commands need root permissions.......
log in as root "su" in terminal... execute commands and then exit......

regarding username and password..... i am using KPPP in KDE...
i have Bluetooth GPRS connection which dont require username and password.... but KPPP has a option to enter username and password..... i left those boxes blank...

try KPPP...

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Thanks Casper
I logged in as a root only still got those errors.
I'll try KPPP and give u feedback.
In the meantimewhat about the commad and why can't it produce any list in Add/Remove Software?

Please help.

[devils casper]

hi src2206 !!!

why can't it produce any list in Add/Remove Software?

this is a problem with Fedora... i researched a lot......
and got a little success... ( a few questions and problems though )
check these threads .....

http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...e-manager.html
http://www.linuxforums.org/forum/red...s-dvd-but.html

<=== { casper } ===>

[src2206]

Hi casper,
thank you very much for your help. I shall report here as soon as I can configure my net connection. Please take a look at the following problems and I hope that you shall help me.

My problems are:

1. When I try to mount any of the other partitions I get a error massege at the terminal
window. I checked the folder /dev/by-label, all the partitions are showing but all of them
with a RED round mark (striked at the middle, obliquely). So can Linux access NTFS and
FAT32? If not then how can I access?

2. When I try to run "ADD/REMOVE SOFTWARES" it opens up an window showing 'retrieving..."
[exact words I do not remember] and then after a minute or so it shows a Error massege
"softare informations could not be retrieved". I used CDs to install and all of them were
tested OK by the Fedora's inbuilt checking utility.

3. I can't use the "fdisk -l" (EL) comand. It shows an error massege that "bash:command
could not be found". I'm not sure whats happening.

In all the above cases I was logged as a ROOT ADMINISTRATOR.

Thank you

[bigtomrodney]

I'm not a fedora user so I only have partial help for you here - I believe NTFS support is disabled/removed in fedora. I'm not sure about FAT support.

the fdisk command is usually in /sbin. You may want to try cfdisk. Try the following -

/sbin/fdisk -l
/sbin/cfdisk