Specifications

conf for DSL. This ﬁle is involved with the resolution of host

names by the resolver library and contains the domain of the host

and the IP address of the name server.

Interface Name Enter the interface for DSL here. ppp0 is the default,

but can be changed.

Enter the following settings for the ethernet conﬁguration:

Device The name of the ethernet device

Local IP A local IP address is given here, which can be retained. You

only need to change this value if a real network exists with this

address.

Remote IP The remote IP address. The default value can also be kept

here unless you want to specify a real address. Then you must

ensure there can be no collisions.

Close the conﬁguration with ‘Ok’.

3. Make the following settings to conﬁgure an ISDN card in a dialog like

Figure 3.12 on the next page):

ISDN Card Select the appropriate ISDN card from the drop-down

menu. Only those cards listed are reliably supported.

Protocol Select the required protocol from the drop-down menu.

Country Preﬁx The default character + is automatically replaced by

the required leading zeros.

Country Code Enter the appropriate country code. 49 is the code for

Germany.

Area Preﬁx Enter a number, if required, to dial before making a local

call.

Area Code Enter the area code.

Clicking ‘Ok’ continues to the second mask of the ISDN conﬁguration.

Under ‘Dialing Conﬁguration’, make the following settings (see Fig-

ure 3.13 on page 48):

User Name of the user

Password Password of the user

Idle Time (sec) Enter the tim after which the ISDN connection should

be stopped if no data is transferred.

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