Sorry, I missed the beginning of this thread. But I know how to set up pppoe. Assuming that your Ethernet card is already being detected (as indicated by ifconfig), do this:
1) As root, run "pppoeconf" 2) When asked for your username, you probably need to put the whole thing, like "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (rather than just "myname") 3) And, of course, supply the password when asked for it. 4) You'll be asked if you want to start up pppoe on boot-up - I prefer not to. You can start pppoe anytime with the command: pon dsl-provider and stop it with the command: poff dsl-provider A few notes: "dsl-provider" is literally just that. Don't substitute the name of your ISP, type it exactly as I did above. Also, you probably don't want to be root to use the pon and poff commands - in that case, add yourself to "dip" group and relogin (dip - dial-up ip I think). Make sure /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider is readable by group dip by doing: chmod 640 /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider Check the results: ls -l /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider -rw-r----- 1 root dip 250 Feb 26 10:57 /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider cheers, Robert On Thu, 12 May 2005 07:30:58 -0500 Kent West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > David R. Litwin wrote: > > > Alright. I'd really like to get my Internet working so, please, help > > me. > > I know nothing about pppoe, so don't rely too heavily on me. > > > I have given up on getting Debian to connect me to the internet; so, > > I downloaded the software from Sympatico, my ISP ( > > http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category_id=99&content_id=1138 > > <http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category > > _id=99&content_id=1138>). It says to type in ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0 > > <http://0.0.0.0> up -arp and says that will stop all IP activity. > > Well, it may... but it is still broadcasting. How do I make it stop? > > What do you mean that "it is still broadcasting"? Do you have another > computer on the LAN that sees it? Do you see it listed via "ifconfig"? > What? > > I generally bring my network interface up or down with the networking > rc script, like so: > > > enjae[westk]:/home/westk> /etc/init.d/networking stop > > or > > > enjae[westk]:/home/westk> /etc/init.d/networking start > > Perhaps this is relevant to you. > > > > When I use the script /usr/local/bin/start-pppoe (one of the scripts > > that is part of the software), it says no sir; eth0 still > > broadcasting. I've tried to get rid of all of the changes that I > > made (using pppoeconf as well as opening up scripts and putting in > > things I thought appropriate) and it still won't work. There is also > > a mysterious inet6 under both the lo (local loopback) and the eth0. > > How do I get rid of this? > > inet6 is the next generation of TCP/IP addressing, to compensate for > the low numbers of IP addresses available with the current version 4 > of the TCP/IP addressing scheme. 6 is used in a few places, but 4 is > still the "standard". Sometimes computers will be configured to handle > both, which seems to be the situation in your case. > > You should be able to prevent activation of your NICs by commenting > out any lines referring to them in "/etc/network/interfaces" (but do > this after running "/etc/init.d/networking stop"). However, as I say, > I know nothing about pppoe, so my information my be wrong/incomplete. > > -- > Kent > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
