(Warty)DSL router/modem question

[Bob Nielsen]

On Tue, Feb 22, 2005 at 04:56:47PM +0000, baza wrote:
> Hi, I've got a Belkin 54g DSL modem / router via which I connect to the 
> 'net.
> 
> The odd thing is when I was running FC3 during boot up when it got to 
> the bit where it set the system clock via the ntp server it would make 
> an active Internet connection. Warty does not do this. To make a 
> connection I have to use a web browser to access the router manualy and 
> turn on the 'net. Anyone know how I can fix this so the net connection 
> is made during system boot up, like on FC3??

I suspect you need to use PPPoE to make the connection (if you had a
bridged system, you would always be connected).  Install the pppoe and
pppoeconf packages and set them up per the supplied documentation.