Dan Hutchinson wrote: > > I have loaded my home PC with the base system from debian download. > I try to connect to the web to download the debian packages from the > web. I installed the potato version. > My problem is as follows: > When I run dselect it trys to connect through the NIC card I have. > I have a PC with a NIC and a PPP modem. I am assuming the modem is > compatiably > since it advertised Linux compatiablity. It is a PC Call Waiting modem. > I have a dual Pentium 500 Celeron system with ABIT motherboard, 394MB > memory, 20GB Hard Disk, Yamaha CD-RW, etc... > > What files to I have to manaul configure with a base debian system or > can I run something like pppconfig. > > Dan
Dan, I recently went through this myself. Here's what worked for me: Go to http://www.debian.org/Packages/unstable/net/pppoe.html Download the pppoe package. (This assumes you can get to the ftp site somehow--maybe another box?) Install it: # dpkg --install pppoe.deb That will also install the man pages; read 'em to find out what other script modifications you need to make to: /etc/ppp/pap-secrets /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider (if you've got a DSL connection) /etc/init.d/network /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot Once you've done all this, you launch your ppp connection thus: # /etc/init.d/ppp start And you kill it thus: # /etc/init.d/ppp stop HTH. Stan
