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"Linux Bible, 2008 Edition: Boot up to Ubuntu, Fedora, KNOPPIX, Debian, openSUSE, and 11 Other Distributions"

Select 2 if your ISP said you have a PPPoE
connection. Configuring an Ethernet connection is actually simpler than configuring dial-up. Instead
of defining the dialer, you typically just select to connect to the Internet via DHCP and enter a hostname
(when prompted).
6. You can simply accept the default IP address (and related Netmask, Broadcast, and
Network numbers) by typing N. If you are creating a new set of addresses for your LAN,
this is a common set of IP addresses for you to use (192.168.0.1, 192.168.0.2, and so
on). Consider changing the IP address if it conflicts with your current network numbering
or if that set of IP addresses is being used on your interface to the Internet.
Would you like to change these settings? [Y/N]: N
OPTIONS CONFIGURATION
Demand Dial:
Initiate the link only on demand, i.e. when data
traffic is present.
7. Now set up your dial-up features (if you are using dial-up to get to the Internet, as this
example does). The first question is whether to allow demand dialing. Type y if you want
the Internet connection to start up every time someone tries to open a connection to that
interface (say, for trying to browse the Web or sending e-mail from the local system or
any computer on your LAN using this as a route to the Internet):
Do you want to enable the demand dial option [y/n]: y
8.


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