DSL Problem

[Richard Reyes]

Hi Alastair,

Where do I download this?

How do I Install?

On 1/5/06, Alastair Preston <aprestn5 at telus.net> wrote:
> On Thursday January 5 2006 05:03 pm, Art Alexion wrote:
> > 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.
>
> If the original poster's ISP, like mine,  is using DHCP, he needs to install
> and/or enable a DHCP client such as dhcpcd.  PPPoE won't work with a DHCP
> connection.
>
>
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