DSL Problem

[Alastair Preston]

On Thursday January 5 2006 06:23 pm, Richard Reyes wrote:

> 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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It occurs to me to ask if the support tech (or ISP documention) specifically 
stated they use DHCP rather than PPPoE? Most ISP's apparently do use PPPoE, 
but some (like mine) use DHCP, and a few use PPPoA or another protocol.   

Al Preston