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When entering the phone number, do not include any blanks or commas among the
digits. Finally, enter your login and the password as provided by the ISP. When nished,
select Next.
To use Dial on Demand on a stand-alone workstation, specify the name server (DNS
server) as well. Most ISPs support dynamic DNS, which means the IP address of a
name server is sent by the ISP each time you connect. For a single workstation, however,
you still need to provide a placeholder address like 192.168.22.99. If your ISP
does not support dynamic DNS, specify the name server IP addresses of the ISP. If
desired, specify a time-out for the connection—the period of network inactivity (in
seconds) after which the connection should be automatically terminated. Conrm your
settings with Next. YaST displays a summary of the congured interfaces. To activate
these settings, select OK.
13.4.4 Cable Modem
In some countries it is quite common to access the Internet through the TV cable net-
work. The TV cable subscriber usually gets a modem that is connected to the TV cable
outlet on one side and to a computer network card on the other (using a 10Base-TG
twisted pair cable). The cable modem then provides a dedicated Internet connection
with a xed IP address.
Depending on the instructions provided by your ISP, when conguring the network
card either select Dynamic Address or Statically Assigned IP Address. Most providers
today use DHCP. A static IP address often comes as part of a special business account.
13.4.5 DSL
To congure your DSL device, select the DSL module from the YaST Network Devices
section. This YaST module consists of several dialogs in which to set the parameters
of DSL links based on one of the following protocols:
• PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE)
• PPP over ATM (PPPoATM)
• CAPI for ADSL (Fritz Cards)
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