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4 Accessing the Internet
If you have chosen not to congure Internet access during the installation, you can
perform this task at any time using YaST. How to congure your computer to access
the Internet depends on your environment. If the computer you are installing is part
of a network which already is connected to the Internet, the only thing to do is to
link your machine to the network. If you are installing a machine that is directly
connected to the Internet, the hardware and the access to the Internet Service
Provider (ISP) needs to be set up.
Please refer to the checklists below to make sure you have all the necessary data
ready before starting to congure the Internet access.
4.1 Direct Internet Connection
When your computer is directly connected to the Internet, you rst need to congure
the hardware that is used for this task. This can either be an internal device (such
as an ISDN card) or an external device (for example, a modem). In most cases it is
detected automatically.
Next, you need to enter the data provided by your ISP (such as login credentials,
gateway, or name server, for example). You should have received a data sheet from
your ISP where all the necessary data is listed.
If you have successfully congured your hardware and ISP data, use the NetworkMan-
ager for managing the internet connection. See Chapter 5, Using NetworkManager
(page 55) for details.
4.1.1 Checklist DSL
There are dierent types of DSL devices available that use dierent point-to-point
protocol (PPP) methods:
• a regular ethernet card connected to the external DSL modem uses PPP over
Ethernet (PPPoE). In Austria the Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is used.
With PPTP the external modem also has a static IP address.
• an internal DSL modem uses PPP over ATM (PPPoATM)
• an internal ADSL Fritz Card uses CAPI for ADSL
The DSL conguration module already contains the data for major ISPs in some
countries. If your ISP is not listed, you will need to know how name resolving (DNS)
and IP allocation is handled (in most cases this data is received automatically when
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