your ISP (Business web hosting) needs to give you your nameserver
your ISP needs to give you your nameserver IP addresses, yourgateway address, the network address, and the netmask. Thisinformation should all be on the customer information sheet. Dynamic:Your IP address changes each time you connect, or atregular intervals. On most desktops, you just don t always need tohave the same address, and it makes life easier on ISPs. It alsomakes life easier for computer like laptops, which get movedaround often from network to network. If you re using dynamicaddressing, you re told that you need to connect using DHCP. With this information, you can establish an Internet connection by using yourLinux system. Hooking UpFortunately, the Linux vendors provide tools that reduce the complexity ofhooking up with Linux. It s not that networking has changed, but rather thatmany of its details have been hidden so that you just have to click here andpress a key there. Not long ago, configuring dial-up networking (in particular) on a Linux machine was nothing short of debugging a defective Rube Goldbergcontraption. The Internet connection configuration tools available in the distributions covered within this book are: Linspire:Double-click the Internet Connection Tools icon on your desk- top to open the Connection Tools folder. Then double-click the appropri- ate icon from there. Fedora:Choose Applications.System Settings.Network to open theNetwork Configuration dialog box. Click New to start the Configurationwizard. Mandrake:From the main menu, choose System.Configuration. Configure Your Computer to open the Mandrake Control Center. ChooseNetwork & Internet.New Connection to access the Connection Creationwizard. SuSE:From the main menu, choose System.YaST to open the YaST con- figuration tool. On the left, select Network Devices. On the right, choosethe type of hardware you have in order to start configuring your setup. Xandros:From the main menu, choose Control Center to open theXandros Control Center. Click the plus next to Network to expand thatmenu and then choose Internet Connection to open your connection listing you might need to click the Administrator button to enter your root password. Click New to launch the Connection Wizard. 155Chapter 8: Connecting to the Internet13_