On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 22:06, civileme wrote: > On Wednesday 19 February 2003 04:45 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Tuesday February 18 2003 11:34 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > All, > > > > > > Got an e-mail from someone who thinks I'm an expert with Linux > > > (little do they know *grin*) any way they have DSL with SBC and it > > > uses ppoe .... I've never set it up and I don't know of a good > > > document source. Note that the person is computer literate but > > > primarily a windows developer. So this person expects a lot of > > > things to work/act like windows. (Took me a long time to make this > > > person believe that Linux doesn't need different driver CDs all the > > > time) > > > > > > Any rate I'm looking for a basic point and shoot kind of > > > instruction page that I can point them to to set up ppoe... any > > > suggestions? > > > > > > James > > > > Mandrake Control Center (drakconf), there's a wizard that just > > asks some basic questions. I prefer to use Roaring Penguin, the rpm > > (rp-pppoe) is on the CD's. Either should setup the connection with no > > problems. For rp-ppoe, run 'adsl-setup', which, like MCC, also asks > > some simple questions. Actually 9.1, uses rp-ppoe during > > installation and the connection is ready to go when you first boot > > up. 'adsl-start' and 'adsl-stop', unless ofcourse, you tell the 9.1 > > installer to start the connection at boot. > > > > Coupl'a cautions, at least true for me with SBC thru SWBell. > > "User", must be '[EMAIL PROTECTED]', simply 'user' won't work. DNS is > > automatic, and connection is dynamic IP, so don't enter any DNS > > numbers or IP address if that's the case with the connection, ie, > > dynamic, DNS from 'server'. I choose 'none' for firewall during > > adsl-setup, then installed and setup guarddog. > > > > There's more info than anybody'd want in the 'DSL-howto', but > > it's fairly easy reading, and has a trouble shooting section. > > > In Mandrake 9.0 the Control Center script for setting up pppoe is seriously > flawed. go to www.mandrakeexpert.com and see my reply to one person about > how to set it up and get it working on incident 49370. > > Civileme >
How do you find an incident on this.... I'm doing great at finding the top 10 people but searching for an incident isn't obvious. James > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
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