how to make a broadband connection/ fat32 prob

[stefanu00]

firstly, i am sorry if there is another thread about this... i hope my lazyness of searching through the whole forum for an answer doesn't bother you.

i just finnished installing suse linux, and everything's changed from windows.. almost everything.. it's cool... i want to discover and learn.. but to do that faster i need the internet...

and my problem is: how do you make a broadband connection on linux ?..

in windows i did something like: "create a new connection > new connection > connect to the internet > set up my connection mannualy > using a broadband connection that requiers... etc.. and there was it...

maybe i didn't search enough... but i'll be damned if i found anything to help me..
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and secondly, i have three partitions on my hard.. a NTFS partition for windows Xp, a FAT32 partition for my stuff (music, movies etc), and another partition for linux.. (i forgot what file system.. something with r...)

anyway.. i installed suse, and it doesn't recoginze my fat32 partition...

what can i do ? ...


thanks in advance to anyone that helps me!!

[bigtomrodney]

All of your answers lie in YaST

Tell us more about your broadband connection - What type is it, what type of modem/router do you use and how do you connect to it (USB/ethernet/WiFi etc).

As for the FAT32 partition is it a case that it is not recognised or that it is simply not mounted?

[stefanu00]

i actually don't know anything about my internet connection .... it's just a wire from the back of my pc that goes directly to my isp... no modem, nor router...

and about the partition.. uh.. mount it ? i briefly installed fedora core once.. and it instantly recognized my fat partition.. no mounting or other stuff needed.. so i guessed that suse would just recognize it ..

[yourname3232]

i actually don't know anything about my internet connection .... it's just a wire from the back of my pc that goes directly to my isp... no modem, nor router

Well we are going to need a little more information to help you out. What is your ISP? Do you know what kind of internet, like dial-up, DSL, cable, T1, etc...? What kind of wire is it? What in your computer does it plug into? What did you have to configure in windows XP to make it work?