On 07/30/2017 05:38 PM, Istvan Gabor wrote:
Patrick, James, thank you for trying to help, but it seems you are unfamiliar with the type of DSL connection I have, and you are trying to lead me to the wrong direction. My DSL modem has no router or if it has, it's not configurable. I don't either need DHCP since zeroconfig works with this type of connection.
Does your PPPoE connection work? You said it has an address. If so, then why do you need an IPv4 address on the network card. All you need for PPPoE is a working Ethernet connection, not IP. PPPoE means Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet. What a lot of people have forgotten or never knew is that IP is just one protocol of many that can be used over an Ethernet connection. Years ago, Novell's IPX was common, along with the IBM & Microsoft NetBIOS/NetBEUI. It was only in the mid, late 90's that we started seeing IPv4 commonly used on networks. Back when I was at IBM, in the late '90s, we had NetBios, SNA & IPv4 on the token ring network, but NetBIOS & SNA carried the bulk of the traffic. IPv4 was used only for accessing the Internet. Then, we moved Lotus Notes and a few other apps onto IPv4 and went from there. These days, the world is moving to IPv6. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org