PPPoE -> DHCP : how to switch ???

[Bob Nielsen]

On Mon, Jan 31, 2005 at 07:35:00PM +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> > 1. Computer -> System configuration -> network
> > 2. Select your network card, and click "properties"
> > 3. Now, select "DHCP" from the drop-down list
> > 4. That's it. You've got a new ip provided by your isp's connection server.
> 
> Ah thanks, so I don't need to install any new software, Gnome can do it
> all for me, good ! :o)
> 
> However, when I start the Network config tool, I can't select my network
> card...there is nonetwork card listed ! Instead, it asks me to create a
> new connection ! I faked to do one (cancelled at the last step), and I
> was asked for the kind of connection (PPP, Ethernet...), so I selected
> Ethernet of course. Then I could select "DHCP".
> Should I do that then ?
> 
> Why is it, my Ethernet card was not listed ?? :-/
> And did it say that I have no connection ? I created it with
> 'pppoeconf', did that bypass Gnome's network tool ?? :-/

You need to remove any ppoe configuration.  When you select Ethernet you 
should then select DHCP.  The tool should write to 
/etc/network/interfaces a line containing:

iface eth0 inet dhcp

Running /etc/init.d/networking restart should bring up the interface. 
If PPPoE works for you, the network card is already being detected and
the module is being loaded.