On Mon, Nov 27, 2006 at 10:51:16PM -0500, Marty wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >I'm finally beginning to have some internet here in the Appennine alps. > >No land line so I have acquired a usb gsm modem. [...] > > cannot configure the box with the modem so that both the > >LAN and the PPP work at the same time. > > Have you consulted any of the Debian networking Howtos? If not, that > should probably be your next step.
To be honest, I have hard-copies by my desk -- but that is in England, and I haven't looked at them recently. Point taken. I'll look at them via i'net. [...] > You need the ethernet bridging driver (and other related drivers) > installed in the kernel, Oh dear, I didn't think I would need to compile a special kernel. I've had bad luck trying to do that in the past, but I suppose I can try again. Marty, thanks for all your advice. I can see I have more days' work ahead... But at least in less of a fog. -- richard -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
