I set up my dsl connection under rh 7.3 still working under 9. I did not use rh-sepcific scripts. They are crap and much to complicated!
using this small howto:
http://www.datenhighway.com/adsl/linux-tdsl-v1.html
(Unfortunately it is in german, but there is not much text, the commands are straight forward)
1. ifconfig eth0 up 0.0.0.0 mtu 15002. what does
/etc/ppp/options
look like.3. What does
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
look like.4. start pppd
pppd pty "pppoe -I eth0"READY.
Cornelius