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[James Miller <jamtat AT mailsnare.net>]

On Thu, 12 May 2005, Constant Brouerius van Nidek wrote:

> The problem starts with the fact that a modern distro has done everything more
> or less auto-magically and painless. If I have to do it by hand I am
> completely lost. You are right in the assumption that  I need  to get BL2 to
> issue a dhcp request. Hope it is possible ;-).

Ok, that gets us what is most likely the information we need most. It 
shoudn't be very hard to get a dhcp client installed on BL2, and to make 
it run automatically at bootup. I'm going to step aside and let someone 
else tell you more precisely which package to install and which startup 
script to edit. I don't use BL with any regularity these days so, though 
I've done what you are trying to do previously on BL, I don't have the 
information readily at hand. If no one pipes in with details about which 
package you need to install for a dhcp client and which config file you 
need to edit and how, I'll start massaging the memory banks and see if I 
can provide any more specific information for you.

James

PS If your modem/router doesn't have any firewalling capability built in, 
I strongly encourage you to get or configure (on Suse, I suppose) a 
firewall. No broadband connection in this day and age should be without a 
firewall: it's absolutely essential for your network's (and everyone 
else's) security.