Incoming from David R. Litwin: > > On 12/05/05, Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > 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:
Is that true? What is written to log files? /var/log/ppp.log? messages? > > 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 > > Here is my problem. When I do this (I've done it countless times), the ppp0 > does not show up in ifconfig. That is the problem. How do I solve it? -- Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced. (*) http://www.spots.ab.ca/~keeling Please don't Cc: me. - - -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
