DSL Problem

[Art Alexion]

Richard Reyes wrote:

>Hi All,
>
>Good Day.
>
>Newbie Question.
>
>I have a DSL working in windows. Its using DHCP or something but there
>was an error getting IP from the network. The customer support had to
>give me the ip address so i can connect from inside windows.
>
>Now I have succesfully setup the latest Kubuntu ( Breezy ) in my
>laptop. I have set the same IP address I am using in windows for the
>DSL connection. But I still have no connection.
>
>Any help is appreciated.
>
>Thanks
>
>Richard
>
>  
>
A lot of DSL problems can be solved by installing rp-pppoe.  That is,
Roaring Penguin Point-to-point Protocol over Ethernet.  It's in the
repositories.  When it installs, go through the setup script which
should automatically run.  If it doesn't, type 'sudo adsl-setup' to
configure.  Then, to bring it up, type 'sudo adsl-start' and to bring it
down, type 'sudo adsl-stop'.  'sudo adsl-status' gives you essentially
the same info as ifconfig.

PPPoE is not quite the same as DHCP.  The default tools Ubuntu installs
-- at least in the days of Warty when I last tried them -- don't work
with most US DSL providers.

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