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To begin the DSL configuration (see Figure 21.5 on the preceding page),
first select the PPP mode and the ethernet card to which the DSL modem
is connected (in most cases, this is eth0). Then use ‘Device Activation’ to
specify whether the DSL link should be established during the boot pro-
cess. The dialog also lets you select your country and allows you to choose
from a number of ISPs operating in it. The details of any subsequent di-
alogs of the DSL configuration depend on the options set so far, which is
why they are only briefly mentioned in the following paragraphs. For de-
tails on the available options, read the detailed help available from the di-
alogs.
To use ‘Dial on Demand’ on a stand-alone workstation, also specify
the name server (DNS server). Most ISPs support dynamic DNS — the
IP address of a name server is sent by the ISP each time you connect.
For a single workstation, however, provide a placeholder address like
192.168.22.99. If your ISP does not support dynamic DNS, enter the
name server IP address provided by your ISP.
‘Idle Time-out (seconds)’ defines a period of network inactivity after to ter-
minate the connection automatically. A reasonable time-out value is be-
tween 60 and 300 seconds.
Note
Dial on Demand
If you enable ‘Dial on Demand’ in addition to the option men-
tioned above, the connection will not be completely terminated
after the time-out. Instead, the connection remains in a standby
mode and is reestablished automatically as soon as a program re-
quests some kind of data traffic. If ‘Dial on Demand’ is disabled,
the connection is completely terminated and must by reestab-
lished manually when needed. It may then be useful to set the
time-out to zero to prevent automatic hang-up.
Note
The configuration of T-DSL is very similar to the DSL setup. Just select ‘T-
Online’ as your provider and YaST opens the T-DSL configuration dialog.
In this dialog, provide some additional information required for T-DSL —
the line ID, the T-Online number, the user code, and your password. All of
these should be included in the information you received after subscribing
to T-DSL.
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