> > Well, made some progress, but not quite there yet. <snip> > > Unfortunately, though, that's as far as I get. For example, when I > try > to ping something, ping just hangs. adsl-status tells me the > link is ^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What are you trying to ping, an IP > address or a domain name? This could be a routing problem.
I first tried a common domain name, and when that didn't work, the IP address of my DNS, which is valid for sure. > > down, even though ppp0 has a valid IP address. <snip> > eth0 has > the address 168.192.0.1 on my present machine because at one > time > eto0 was the intrface for a LAN. That it comes up with that > > address one my this machine, even though it is stand-alone, > does > not seem to prevent DSL from working. In any case, on the new > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ What does work? Simply having a handshake with the DSL server and obtaining from it an IP address. So hardware (and port, I assume) work. > > > machine I'm trying to get to work, the eth0 now comes up with no > > address. > > What version of rp-pppoe are you trying to run? I'll find out when I manage to boot the other HD, but it is the default roaring penguin packaged with RH 8.0. Haines - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
