Re: Internet (Once and for all)
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:
1) As root, run "pppoeconf"
2) When asked for your username, you probably need to put the whole
thing, like "myname@myisp.com" (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
cheers,
Robert
On Thu, 12 May 2005 07:30:58 -0500
Kent West <westk@acu.edu> wrote:
> David R. Litwin wrote:
>
> > Alright. I'd really like to get my Internet working so, please, help
> > me.
>
> I know nothing about pppoe, so don't rely too heavily on me.
>
> > I have given up on getting Debian to connect me to the internet; so,
> > I downloaded the software from Sympatico, my ISP (
> > http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category_id=99&content_id=1138
> > <http://service.sympatico.ca/index.cfm?method=content.view&category
> > _id=99&content_id=1138>). It says to type in ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
> > <http://0.0.0.0> up -arp and says that will stop all IP activity.
> > Well, it may... but it is still broadcasting. How do I make it stop?
>
> What do you mean that "it is still broadcasting"? Do you have another
> computer on the LAN that sees it? Do you see it listed via "ifconfig"?
> What?
>
> I generally bring my network interface up or down with the networking
> rc script, like so:
>
> > enjae[westk]:/home/westk> /etc/init.d/networking stop
>
> or
>
> > enjae[westk]:/home/westk> /etc/init.d/networking start
>
> Perhaps this is relevant to you.
>
>
> > When I use the script /usr/local/bin/start-pppoe (one of the scripts
> > that is part of the software), it says no sir; eth0 still
> > broadcasting. I've tried to get rid of all of the changes that I
> > made (using pppoeconf as well as opening up scripts and putting in
> > things I thought appropriate) and it still won't work. There is also
> > a mysterious inet6 under both the lo (local loopback) and the eth0.
> > How do I get rid of this?
>
> inet6 is the next generation of TCP/IP addressing, to compensate for
> the low numbers of IP addresses available with the current version 4
> of the TCP/IP addressing scheme. 6 is used in a few places, but 4 is
> still the "standard". Sometimes computers will be configured to handle
> both, which seems to be the situation in your case.
>
> You should be able to prevent activation of your NICs by commenting
> out any lines referring to them in "/etc/network/interfaces" (but do
> this after running "/etc/init.d/networking stop"). However, as I say,
> I know nothing about pppoe, so my information my be wrong/incomplete.
>
> --
> Kent
>
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