Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-09 Thread J. Roeleveld
On Sunday, April 05, 2015 05:29:58 PM lee wrote: Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de writes: Am 04.04.2015 um 14:32 schrieb lee: Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I used rp-pppoe. I found it easier

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-09 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 05.04.2015 um 17:29 schrieb lee: So there isn't really a choice and rp-pppoe is some kind of additional thing? As far as I remember yes. What are its advantages? Like I said before, easier to configure and to handle. Networkmanager sucks, it overwrites /etc/resolv.conf and does all

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-07 Thread lee
Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de writes: Am 04.04.2015 um 14:32 schrieb lee: Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I used rp-pppoe. I found it easier to configure. ppp is installed as a dependency anyway. So

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-07 Thread Mick
On Sunday 05 Apr 2015 16:29:58 lee wrote: Heiko Baums li...@baums-on-web.de writes: Am 04.04.2015 um 14:32 schrieb lee: Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I used rp-pppoe. I found it easier to

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-04 Thread Mick
On Saturday 04 Apr 2015 13:32:28 lee wrote: Hi, I need a pppoe client, no server part necessary, to replace the black-box router because that thing sucks. Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I'd like

[gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-04 Thread lee
Hi, I need a pppoe client, no server part necessary, to replace the black-box router because that thing sucks. Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I'd like to see some connection statistics, i. e. the connection

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-04 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 04.04.2015 um 14:32 schrieb lee: Which package would you recommend? There seem to be at least two I could use: net-dialup/ppp net-dialup/rp-pppoe I used rp-pppoe. I found it easier to configure. ppp is installed as a dependency anyway. I'd like to see some connection statistics, i.

Re: [gentoo-user] what to use for a pppoe client?

2015-04-04 Thread Heiko Baums
Am 04.04.2015 um 21:27 schrieb Heiko Baums: You can also use net-misc/networkmanager. If you're using a desktop environment then you can also install gnome-extra/nm-applet for GTK based desktops or a similar package for KDE. This way you always see the connection status in the systray. And