On Fri, Nov 27, 2009 at 2:25 PM, Zico <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, i have been trying to configure one of my friend`s broadband connection > in Debian 5.0. His ISP provided his line with "dial-up-type". That means, he > needs to login in order to connect to internet. He has been using this in > Windows. Now, he installed Debian 5.0 there; but he cannot configure his > internet. I took a look and tried like this way: > > 1. installed pppoe > 2. went to network-manager > 3. opened network-manager; selected pppoe and gave username and password > 4. tried to *select that pppoe; but i cannot enable it. I mean, i put a tick > just beside of it and the tick is gone!! i mean, i cannot enable that pppoe > connection there in Debian 5.0. > > Zico, I haven't used the GUI for pppoe connection, but I did use the cli and it worked for me.
You need to install and run pppoeconf [http://wiki.debian.org/PPPoE] and then you might have to start pppoe connection $ sudo pon dsl-provider .. Check if this helps.. -- Satheesh Kumar Mohan http://identi.ca/sathyz _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, email [email protected] with "unsubscribe <password> <address>" in the subject or body of the message. http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
