The Roaring Penguin PPPoE is included in 7.1, and of course you have to
use username@provider, at least with Magma and Sympatico.
Jean-Michel Dault
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On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Christopher Quale wrote:
> Date: Thu, 08 Jun 2000 09:20:49 -0700
> From: Christopher Quale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] external dsl modem (Westel)
>
>
> I just set up dsl for my bro-in law and he used pppoe to connect.
> I used the "roaring-penguin (no URL handy), which is what it sounds
> like you are using. We were able to get it working, but the one
> "gotcha" was that during the install program, they ask you to provide
> a username, and the example they give is "username@accessprovider",
> however, at that stage, only give the username. After that everything
> (including the firewall scripts) worked like an absolute charm.
>
> You can email me if you have more problems.
>
> Chris
>
>
> Vincent Danen wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, 7 Jun 2000, David M. Kufta wrote:
> >
> > > I have a client who would like to install an external dsl modem on his
> > > Linux system and seem to be having one devil of a time getting this
> > > thing to work. I s anyone on the list currently using adsl with an
> > > external modem under Linux-Mandrake, and might anyone have some
> > > information as to how to set this up? pppoe calls a script
> > > /usr/sbin/adsl-start which doesnot seemed to be installed and for the
> > > life of me I can seem to find it. Ideas anyone ?
> >
> > What kind of external DSL modem? I'm using a 3COM Home Connect ADSL
> > Ethernet modem... plugs into my ethernet card and I don't use pppoe or
> > anything funky like that. My ISP gave me a gateway IP address and I use
> > that, just as one would with a cable modem. Maybe you're making it more
> > difficult than it needs to be and he doesn't need to use pppoe?
> >
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