On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Mark Stodola <[email protected]> wrote: > Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote: >> >> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Steven J. Yellin >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> You may already understand what I'm about to write, but it's possible >>> that you're enough of a newbie that you've misunderstood the role of >>> rpms, >>> so I'll explain anyway: >>> Downloading a rpm, like rp-pppoe, is not a method of connection; it's >>> part of a proceedure for getting the rp-pppoe software into your computer >>> if >>> it isn't already there. If the command >>> >>> rpm -q rp-pppoe >>> >>> shows that the package is already there (compare with what you get for a >>> non-existent rpm as in 'rpm -q Tanmoy') then there's no point in again >>> putting it into your computer via a USB stick. The rpm should be >>> installed >>> once, and then never needs to be installed again. In the case of a >>> distribution such as RHEL, standard practice is to have necessary rpms >>> installed initially as part of the original system. It would be somewhat >>> surprising if that didn't happen with rp-pppoe. >>> >> >> I think I have failed to clearly point out my problem. I know how to >> set-up pppoe connection via "Roaring Penguin" software "rp-pppoe" as I >> have already done so with my Fedora 13 and Ubuntu partitions. >> As I am currently installing SL from Livecd which does not come with >> that rp-pppoe package. So that I have to download it somehow and then >> install it to set up a pppoe connection. That's why I am asking >> whether there are any other software/method to set up pppoe connection >> in SL? >> My confusion increases with googling and after going through RHEL >> documents - I have found some suggestions there as how to configure it >> with pppd. Just want to know how is it different than the software we >> are dicussing rp-pppoe and is there some easy steps to do so. >> >>> >>> Steven Yellin >>> >>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> ... >>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Urs Beyerle <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> ... >>>> >>>>> >>>>> download the rp-pppoe rpm and put it on an USB stick. >>>>> >>>> >>>> 3) I can do that. But after checking the RHEL Deployment guide - they >>>> have not mentioned this method for pppoe connection - as not being a >>>> computer student I want to know what the standard practice in this >>>> case for distribution such as RHEL. >>>> >>>> ... >>>> > > I'm still not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If you have other > linux distributions on other partitions, can't you simply wget the RPM from > there, reboot to SL, mount the other OS's partition and copy/install it from > there? > > http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/i386/os/Packages/rp-pppoe-3.10-8.el6.i686.rpm > Change release/arch as needed... > > Why go through all of the trouble of cobbling your connection via other > means? Sounds like you are trying to make it harder than it actually is.
ACTUALLY I WANT TO KNOW IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY - but it seems to me there is only one way - check the following link - http://www.lampdocs.com/home-personal/pppoe-connection/ Thanks > > -Mark > > -- > Mr. Mark V. Stodola > Digital Systems Engineer > > National Electrostatics Corp. > P.O. Box 620310 > Middleton, WI 53562-0310 USA > Phone: (608) 831-7600 > Fax: (608) 831-9591 >
