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Re: [SLE] problems with SBC DSL Internet
- From: Michael.James@xxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:57:09 +1000
- Message-id: <200309301457.09183.Michael.James@xxxxxxxx>
On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 11:26 am, Casey Petersen wrote:
> I'm a linux newbie, and I've just signed up for SBC DSL Internet Access,
> and
> I'm having a world of trouble getting it to work with Linux.
> I'm running Suse 8.2, I have a Speedstream DSL modem that SBC gave me,
> connected via Ethernet. I installed Roaring Penguin's RP-PPPOE
Suse has its own pppoe software built around smpppd.
As long as you have a proper ethernet (not USB) based modem
it's so simple and reliable that if it doesn't work,
it's probably unplugged connections.
On the desktop start from the lightning menu (2nd from left)
Go to Administration : YaST2 (control center)
Pick Network Devices : DSL
Even if it doesn't see your modem select
Other (not detected) and Configure
Is SMC PPP over Ethernet (pppoe)?
Pick it from the drop down menu
Pick the correct ethernet card, if it's a second card
and it is the same as another (already configured) one, good.
It's in the perfect state for pppoe (drivers loaded, nothing configured)
Create a provider, provider0 is just the name of a file
the name you give it is arbitary
and the User Name looks like an email address.
All this is being stashed in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-dsl0 BTW
The providers go in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/provider0 1 2 etc.
You need name-servers to dial on demand.
An idle timeout of 0 means infinite.
Once that's done, go to Suse (main bottom left menu)
Internet:Controlling:Kinternet.
It will put a pluglike icon in your tasks (bottom right)
Left click on it and choose start or dialin.
If it doesn't connect, put a tail on /var/log/messages
as_root# tail -f /var/log/messages
That should tell you why.
Good luck
--
Michael James michael.james@xxxxxxxx
System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040
CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
> I'm a linux newbie, and I've just signed up for SBC DSL Internet Access,
> and
> I'm having a world of trouble getting it to work with Linux.
> I'm running Suse 8.2, I have a Speedstream DSL modem that SBC gave me,
> connected via Ethernet. I installed Roaring Penguin's RP-PPPOE
Suse has its own pppoe software built around smpppd.
As long as you have a proper ethernet (not USB) based modem
it's so simple and reliable that if it doesn't work,
it's probably unplugged connections.
On the desktop start from the lightning menu (2nd from left)
Go to Administration : YaST2 (control center)
Pick Network Devices : DSL
Even if it doesn't see your modem select
Other (not detected) and Configure
Is SMC PPP over Ethernet (pppoe)?
Pick it from the drop down menu
Pick the correct ethernet card, if it's a second card
and it is the same as another (already configured) one, good.
It's in the perfect state for pppoe (drivers loaded, nothing configured)
Create a provider, provider0 is just the name of a file
the name you give it is arbitary
and the User Name looks like an email address.
All this is being stashed in /etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-dsl0 BTW
The providers go in /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/provider0 1 2 etc.
You need name-servers to dial on demand.
An idle timeout of 0 means infinite.
Once that's done, go to Suse (main bottom left menu)
Internet:Controlling:Kinternet.
It will put a pluglike icon in your tasks (bottom right)
Left click on it and choose start or dialin.
If it doesn't connect, put a tail on /var/log/messages
as_root# tail -f /var/log/messages
That should tell you why.
Good luck
--
Michael James michael.james@xxxxxxxx
System Administrator voice: 02 6246 5040
CSIRO Bioinformatics Facility fax: 02 6246 5166
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