09-16-2016, 03:36 AM
Thanks LL for your reply,
First of all, I also got a reply back from the ISP he uses, I wrote them about the problem and they told me directly that he will be able to use Linux, this is a good start.
He can boot up LL2.8, he starts up Firefox, then when he tried to type something into the address field, all he gets is a page unavailable, he can't do any searching either.
The computer is connect via Ethernet cable to a DSL modem, no proxy server.
I think the DSL dial-up is configured via DSL modem/router. Do you think there are some settings in the modem/router that are off ? I wish I could give you more info but it's been a while since I was over his house so I don't remember things clearly. I talked with this friend tonight, he's going to have another go at this, I told him to check out and see if there was anything that looked strange in his network settings.
I was looking into the network settings on my own LL2.8, I thought I might be able to see something to check out, but nothing stood out.
If I get any further info from him, I will post an update.
Glin22
First of all, I also got a reply back from the ISP he uses, I wrote them about the problem and they told me directly that he will be able to use Linux, this is a good start.
He can boot up LL2.8, he starts up Firefox, then when he tried to type something into the address field, all he gets is a page unavailable, he can't do any searching either.
The computer is connect via Ethernet cable to a DSL modem, no proxy server.
I think the DSL dial-up is configured via DSL modem/router. Do you think there are some settings in the modem/router that are off ? I wish I could give you more info but it's been a while since I was over his house so I don't remember things clearly. I talked with this friend tonight, he's going to have another go at this, I told him to check out and see if there was anything that looked strange in his network settings.
I was looking into the network settings on my own LL2.8, I thought I might be able to see something to check out, but nothing stood out.
If I get any further info from him, I will post an update.
Glin22