I am agree that this option is present, but if you don't establish connection via pppoe when install system you must configuration installed system by hands. E.g. without any ncurses based and trivial tool.
In other words: You must need to dowload and install pppoe conf package separetely, when it was needed later. This maybe for some reasons: 1. After some period computer was lose an standart lan connection and have only pppoe access to the internet. For example ADSL modem can be in pppoe mode (gateway mode) or by few seconds can be configured in bridge mode, when pppop connection will be required. And user will need a simple tool to configure a pppoe connection. 2. Provider change connection type. For example Internet Provider initially provides PLC Modem that provide an LAN connection to the DHCP server. And later provider switch user to the LAN Connection (without modem). But access to the internet can be only over when user create an pppoe connection over provider lan. 3. User change provider. First provider provides an direct connection to the its gateway. Second provider provides internet only by pppoe over they devices. 4. And many others reasons. I am sorry for such a comparison, but windows xp have an standart simply tool by default. I think that debian must have this package by default install of netinst iso and others When i am installing that has installing not connected to the modem when installing system may be required But when i am installing gateway for user, i must copy this package manually. > Hello, > On Fri, Feb 25, 2011 at 10:06:46AM +0300, V.Skubriev wrote: > > Please include pppoeconf as udeb package in default install of netinst > > installation. > > If a user have only pppoe access to the Internet he(she) mustdownload and > > copy an pppoeconf package into installed system separately. > > But this is not trivial for many users. Also this package is very very > > small. > > Why it not included in default install - i think this is not good for > > popularizing the world mostly distribution of GNU/Linux. > pppoe possibilities are in ppp udeb. See: > http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/apds05.html.en > Regards, > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
