You will not BELIEVE how stupid I truly am. I've been wanting to access the internet on Linux for MONTHS now.
Guess what the problem was. Not ppp not eth0 not lo. I had the username and password mixed up. I'm floored. I'm sorry to put you all through so much hassle. I'm embarrassed. Feel free to flay me. On 5/13/05, s. keeling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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] > > -- —Moose Moose Jam Sausage Meow-Mix. —My Hover-Craft is Full of Eels. —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.
