Re: Internet (Once and for all)
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 <keeling@spots.ab.ca> wrote:
> Incoming from David R. Litwin:
> >
> > On 12/05/05, Robert Storey <y2kbug@ms25.hinet.net> 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 "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
> >
> > 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?
>
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