Alive Knoppix Networking

 11 July 07:27   = Abutting to a arrangement =

    Knoppix has congenital abutment for some Ethernet arrangement cards . As a rule, if the computer has a arrangement card, Knoppix will be able to abutment it (except the actual old, or the actual new).

    Well accurate cards cover 3Com, Realtek, NE2000 compatible, Intel and some others. However, some Broadcom cards , begin in assertive Allowance PCs create afterwards the year 2000, do not plan with this adaptation of Knoppix.

    If you accept a accurate arrangement card, Knoppix will attack to configure it automatically during startup. This is for you if you accept a server which manages your bounded breadth network. To analysis to see if it worked:

    #Click the Konsole figure in the Console (bottom row, 6th from the left).

    #Type this command and columnist Access at the end of the line:
ifconfig

    #You should see a acknowledgment like this:
This says the first Ethernet interface (eth0) has been accustomed the Internetworking Agreement (IP) abode “192.168.1.18”. If the Ethernet agenda has been accustomed an IP address, it agency the agenda is working.
To double-check the connection, acquisition out the IP abode of addition computer on your network. For example, accept addition computer has the abode 192.168.1.1. Blazon this command and columnist Enter, replacing 192.168.1.1 appropriately:
ping 192.168.1.1
You should see a acknowledgment like this:
Press Ctrl + C on the keyboard to abolish pinging.

    

    If there is no server on your network, you will charge to configure your arrangement agenda manually.

    #Click the Knoppix card in the basal larboard corner.

    #Point to Network/Internet.

    #Click Arrangement Agenda Configuration.

    #You will be asked if you wish to use DHCP broadcast.

    #Click “No”.

    #You will be asked to access the IP abode that you wish to accord to the first Ethernet interface. You charge to understand an IP abode that is chargeless on your network. You deceit use an IP abode that is already in use, or both computers will not be able to communicate.

    #Enter the IP abode that you wish to accord to the card.

    #Click OK. Chase the prompts to complete the bureaucracy process.

    Question: There is no “eth0”, why not?


    Check the arrangement cables. If there is a DHCP server on your bounded breadth network, create abiding it is running. Bang the “Knoppix” menu, accept “Root Shell” and enter:

     /etc/init.d/network restart

     pump -i eth0

    Try configuring your arrangement agenda manually. If it still wont work, it may beggarly your arrangement agenda is not supported.

    = Using a arrangement server =

    Knoppix can archetype files to the afterward types of arrangement book servers:

    To archetype files assimilate a Book Alteration Agreement (FTP) server:

    #Click the Konqueror figure in the Panel.

    #The Konqueror book administrator will appear up.

    #To log in to the FTP server anonymously, blazon the afterward on the abode line. Alter “server” with the IP abode of the server you wish to affix to.
ftp://server
Example:
ftp://192.168.1.1

    #If you charge a username and countersign to log in to the FTP server, blazon the afterward on the abode line. Alter “username” and “password” with your username and password. Alter “server” with the abode of the FTP server you wish to affix to.
ftp://username:password@server
Example:
ftp://phil:mypass@192.168.1.1
This will affix to the FTP server at 192.168.1.1 with the username “phil” and countersign “mypass”.

    #The files on the FTP server will appear.

    #Drag and bead the files you wish to archetype to that window.

    #Click “Copy Here”.

    #The files will be uploaded, as continued as you accept permission to address files to the server.

    To archetype files assimilate a Microsoft Windows book server:

    #Click the Konqueror figure in the Panel.

    #Wait while Konqueror starts up.

    #Type the afterward on the abode line. Alter “server” with the hostname or IP abode of the Windows book server.
smb://server/

    #Example:
smb://192.168.1.1/

    #The accessible shares on the server with the IP abode 192.168.1.1 will be displayed. The workgroup name is detected automatically. If a username and countersign is required, alter “username” and “password” beneath with your username and password. Alter “server” with the IP abode of the server you wish to affix to.
smb://username:password@server/
Example:
smb://phil:mypass@192.168.1.1/

    #This will affix to the Windows book server at the IP abode 192.168.1.1 with the username “phil” and countersign “mypass”.

    #Drag and bead the files you wish to archetype into the servers Konqueror window.

    #Click “Copy Here”.

    #The files will be copied, provided you accept admission permission to the Windows book server.

    To archetype files assimilate a Arrangement Book Arrangement (NFS) server:

    #Click the Knoppix card in the basal larboard corner.

    #Click “Root Shell”.

    #Type the afterward command and columnist Enter:
/etc/init.d/portmap start

    #The anchorage mapping account will be started. The portmapper is bare to admission NFS servers.

    #Enter the afterward command, afresh acute Access at the end of the line. Alter “server” with the IP abode or hostname of your NFS server. Alter “/export” with the name of the aggregate agenda on the NFS server.
mount server:/export /home/knoppix/tmp
For example, to arise the aggregate agenda “/home” to the bounded agenda “/home/knoppix/tmp”:
mount 192.168.1.1/home /home/knoppix/tmp

    #The NFS consign should be mounted.

    #Click the “Home” figure in the Panel.

    #The files in the Knoppix home agenda will be displayed.

    #Click the “tmp” folder.

    #The aggregate agenda on the NFS server should appear.

    #Drag and bead the files you ambition to archetype into this window.

    #Click “Copy Here”.

    #Given that you accept the adapted book permissions on the NFS server, the files will be copied.

    = Abutting to the Internet =

    The capital means to get affiliated to the Internet are:

    Knoppix is advised first and foremost for active Ethernet networking. This gives you the best adventitious of success. Meanwhile, the afterward affiliation methods may not be so simple with Knoppix:

    The aloft methods tend to await on proprietary software that requires Microsoft Windows. Even if the proprietary software were accessible for Linux (which it sometimes is these days) it cannot be broadcast with Knoppix due to licence constraints.

    A broadband Internet affiliation lets you download at up to ten times the acceleration of a accepted modem. It aswell lets you create and accept articulation calls on the aforementioned band at the aforementioned time. The abstruse name is Asynchronous Agenda Subscriber Band (ADSL). To use ADSL broadband Internet over a accepted buzz band with Knoppix, you need:

    To create the connection:

    #Make abiding the Ethernet cable from the ADSL router is affiliated to the computers Ethernet adapter.

    #Start Knoppix. It should ascertain the arrangement card, and then access an IP abode automatically from the ADSL router.

    #If you accept not already done so, use a web browser to appointment the ADSL routers agreement page. To apprentice about the web browsers included in Knoppix, see the after section, “Browsing the Apple Advanced Web”. Access the all-important advice on the agreement page to create the affiliation to your ISP.

    #Youre done! As continued as the “upstream” affiliation to the Internet is working, you will be affiliated to the Internet.

     Note

     The diagram aloft shows a archetypal bureaucracy for the UK.

     It may alter from country to country depending on authoritative requirements.

     What is alotof important is that clarification haveto be done correctly.

     The ADSL modem haveto never be accountable to filtering, while every additional accessory on the blast band haveto be filtered.


     The appellation “broadband” can aswell beggarly Internet provided by cable and additional top acceleration Internet access (including wireless options).

     These access may or may not be accessible in Knoppix.

    Dial-up Internet is the older, slower way to admission the Internet. To affix this way, you charge an annual with any accepted Internet Account Provider (not AOL or Compuserve) and one of the following:

    There are two capital means to create a dial-up connection. The recommended way is to use “K Point to Point Protocol” (KPPP). The alternative, in case KPPP doesnt work, is the “Worldvisions Dialer” (WVDial).

    #Click the Knoppix card in the lower larboard corner.

    #Point to “Network/Internet”.

    #Click “Modem Dialer”.

    #The “KDE Point-To-Point Protocol” (KPPP) program will start.

    #Click “Setup”.

    #Click the “Device” tab.

    #If your modem is acquainted into the consecutive anchorage alleged “COM1” in Windows, set “Modem device” to /dev/ttyS0. If it is acquainted into the anchorage alleged “COM2” in Windows, baddest /dev/ttyS1. If you accept a PCMCIA Cardbus modem, baddest /dev/modem. If you accept an centralized ISA modem, baddest /dev/ttyS0 first; if that doesnt work, try up to /dev/ttyS3.

    #Click the “Modem” tab.

    #Click “Query modem”.

    #You should see a acknowledgment from the modem. If not, go aback to move 7 and try addition modem accessory setting.

    #Click the “Accounts” tab.

    #Click “New”.

    #Click “Dialog setup”.

    #In “Connection name” access a name for the affiliation eg “test”.

    #Beside “Phone number”, bang “Add”.

    #Enter your Internet Account Providers dial-up admission number. If you dont know, ask your Internet Account Provider. Bang OK.

    #Click OK. This will yield you aback to the accounts screen.

    #Click OK again.

    #Enter your login ID and password. Again, if you dont understand what they are, ask your Internet Account Provider.

    #Click Connect.

    #You should apprehend the modem work.

    #In a few moments, the KPPP window should compress down to the Taskbar. It should then apprehend “00:00” on the Taskbar. This indicates your time online in hours and minutes. Congratulations, you accept affiliated to the Internet successfully.

    #To disconnect, bang the KPPP button in the Taskbar.

    #The KPPP window will appear aback up.

    #Click Disconnect.

    #The buzz alarm will be ended.

    Question: It says “The PPP apparition died unexpectedly!”


    Check your username and password.

    Question: I understand my username and countersign is actual but it still says “The PPP apparition died unexpectedly”.


    Try addition modem.

    Rubbish!! Go to /etc/ppp/peers/kppp options.txt and change #noauth to noauth (ie Annul the #). All should now work!

    Question: I approved addition modem and I still deceit connect.


    Sorry, it seems that KPPP doesnt plan with all ISPs. Luckily, there is an alternative. The “Worldvisions Dialer” is included with Knoppix. For an archetype of how to use “wvdial”, see:

     [http://support.real-time.com/linux/dialup/wvdial.html http://support.real-time.com/linux/dialup/wvdial.html]

    Question: Can I use an centralized PCI modem?


    Not usually. As acclaimed in the “Identifying hardware” section, alotof centralized PCI modem cards charge appropriate software not in Knoppix.

    Question: I accept a PCMCIA admixture Ethernet modem card, but the modem action doesnt work.


    Sorry, with some admixture Ethernet and modem PCMCIA cards, alone one allotment works. Usually the Ethernet works and the modem does not.