how do i set up dsl in linux?
Well, you need to know/learn some stuff. Like,
how is the connetion to the modem being established?
Network Card/ethernet=good USB=not so good/maybe bad
(Good cards come cheap $15/$20)
What program does your linux distribution have to
setup the connection? Most likely RoaringPenguin-PPPoE
So, if your working with a eth0/ethernet and rp-pppoe
if I remember right, it goes something like this:
$ su to root
# adsl-setup (now answer all the question and finish)
At this point your all set to start the connection with:
# adsl-start
# exit (to get out of root)
$
If all went well you are now connected to the internet.
Open up a browser and have a spin. And then again a lot
of Linux Distributions like Mandrake and SuSE will have
some kind of gui control center to help you set this up
so you don't have to do it by hand as above.
But really, before you connect your box online, you want to
know/learn some more stuff. These HOWTOs will most likely
be on your installation of linux. And if not, you just go
over to The Linux Documentation Project web site.
http://www.tldp.org/
Security Quick-Start HOWTO AND DSL HOWTO