I don't know about link level logins. The only thing I could suggest would be to get a cheep router. This is beneficial for several reasons ( I suggest this to everyone with broadband, even if they only have one computer) 1.) Do MAC cloning and setup you authentication once, and you don't have to ever worry about it again. You can add wireless AP, guest computers, appliances, etc. whenever you want and never have to worry about setup. 2.) Have a hardware firewall. B-) On Monday 31 January 2005 11:18 am, John Bailo wrote:

Brad Bourn wrote:

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How can you login if you don't have an address?

I can't...that's the whole question of this thread.

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DHCP will come first ALWAYS.

Yes. Agreed. Now tell me how during a mini ISO installation, I can log in to my DSL connection.

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How does your DSL require you to login?

I use the built in thing on Suse 9.1

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How do you normally boot and start surfing? e.g. Do you have to bring up a browser and login?

No, I configured it to automatically connect.

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On Sunday 30 January 2005 03:44 pm, John Bailo wrote:

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Yes, but how does the Suse ISO know how to log into my Earthlink DSL connection ?

Where do I specify my Earthlink username, password ?

I have tried the procedure you specified below, and it hangs on DHCP -- because how can it possibly do a DHCP if it's not logged on to my ISP ( Earthlink's) network?

Have you actually done a DSL install yourself and verified the procedure below?

That is the crux of my question.

On Sunday 30 January 2005 07:07, Jan Elders wrote:

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On Saturday 29 January 2005 21:44, John Bailo wrote:

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I downloaded the Suse 9.2 mini install ISO.

I have a DSL connection.

In order for me to do an FTP install, I need to establish ( log in ) to my

DSL

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provider, so that I can then select the FTP option to do the install.

Is this possible?

Can I manually make my DSL connection after booting from the ISO CD ?

Installation : Boot from SUSE-Linux-9.2-mini-installation CD Choose : Kernel Modules Choose : Load Network Card Modules Select network card driver << you'll have to find out which driver is needed for your network card>> After going back to the beginning : Choose : Start Installation or System Choose : Start Installation or Update Choose the source medium : Network Choose the network protocol : FTP Automatic configuration via DHCP : yes IP address of FTP server : e.g. 195.129.111.8 (ftp.eu.uu.net) or any other mirror Use username/password : No Use HTTP proxy : No Enter directory on the server : e.g. /pub/linux/suse/i386/9.2 (for ftp.eu.uu.net) Follow installation instructions (just like when installing from DVD)

Good luck !!!!

-- Jan Elders the Netherlands http://www.xs4all.nl/~jrme/ "Home of the Network Acronyms"