Re: 2 known problems related to ADSL/PPP (Ex: Adding ADSL/PPPOE (SpeedTouch 530) as a known problem)
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Hi,
full-quoting because it's so long time ago.
I've added both suggested paragraphs to
http://wiki.debian.net/index.cgi?DebianInstallerFAQ at Question 26, which had
no previous answer.
On Thursday 07 October 2004 21:03, Joey Hess wrote:
> M.-A. DARCHE wrote:
> > * Network configuration is not automatic for machines using PPPoE for
> > their ADSL connexion. It it possible to setup an ADSL/PPPoE
> > connexion with the Debian-Installer but there isn't any menu item
> > for it in the installer yet. This will be addressed soon.
>
> I'm not going to say that in the errata unless someone is actually
> working on a patch for that.
>
> > * Network configuration fails for computers using router modems like
> > Alcatel SpeedTouch 530, that is some DSL modems which provide both
> > DHCP and PPP services.
> > Using Debian-Installer with such a configuration is still possible
> > but not automated yet. The manual workaround is described in the
> > http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=265183 bug report.
>
> As far as I can see, this comes under the same general heading of "pppoe
> is not supported". Perhaps we should add something to that effect to the
> installation manual, since it seems nobody is working on it. Does not
> feel like an errata item to me; errata are inaverent bugs specific to a
> particular d-i release.
I agree about the errata, but would like to see it in the manual as well.
Actually, I really believe _F_AQs should be answered in the manual.
regards,
Holger
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