> Where can I find documentation that will explain the install and usage > of PPPoE with Debian ?
i just set this up this morning for an earthlink connection. it's pretty straight forward. from memory, quickly here are the steps (as root): first make sure your ethernet adapter is setup and does *NOT* have an ip address. this works for me (note: i have not yet found a way to enable the ethernet device to work to talk to local devices *and* to work with the pppoe driver. it works under windows but not under linux that i can see): in /etc/network/interfaces: auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 # ifdown eth0 # ifup eth0 now install and configure pppoe # apt-get install pppoe # vi /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider (set your username) # vi /etc/ppp/pap-secrets you're gonna need a line that looks like this: username * password start ppp # pon dsl-provider watch the connection with # plog (or tail -f /var/log/messages | grep pppd) everything else is just like a standard ppp connection, tweak as normal to your hearts content. i've thrown this up on my web site (been meaning to do that anyway) for future reference. if i've gotten anything wrong feel free to edit it (it's a wiki site so just make the changes). http://www.spack.org/index.cgi/PppoeSetup adam.