Configuring Your NetWinder for the Internet

Configuring your NetWinder for connection to the Internet is a simple job, but requirements vary, depending on whether you have dial-up or direct connection, how your ISP is set up and what method you are using to connect to the Internet. If you have any questions about what is required, your ISP will be able to help. If your ISP doesn't understand how a NetWinder OfficeServer works, tell the technical support person that you are installing a server with router and firewall services.

The OfficeServer supports five ways of connecting to your Internet service provider (ISP):

  1. xDSL modem
  1. cable modem
  1. ISDN router
  1. ISDN Terminal Adapter (TA)
  1. dial-up or permanent modem connection
WARNING
The PPP dialer set up (used for dial-up services or ISDN) is mutually exclusive with the Eth 0 set up. This means that you can have one or the other, not both. If you change your Internet connection and need to switch from one configuration to another, you need to go back to Network Settings (Chapter 10 in the OfficeServer User Manual) to make this change. Do not attempt to do so off-site through an Internet connection, because the configuration process will change the routing for your Internet connection, thereby cutting you off from the NetWinder.