Subject: Re: SuSE and dsl
From: Jim Courtney (courtney@ieee.org)
Date: Thu Feb 14 2002 - 10:54:04 AKST
You can even do NAT and pppoe on the same ethernet card if you only have one.
I recently put together a webmin module for rp-pppoe. It's only tested on
SuSE 7.3 and MTA's DSL, but hopefully will work elsewhere.
On Thursday 14 February 2002 10:23 am, you wrote:
> I have run SuSE for awhile. 7.3 has a package named rp-pppoe, the
> rpm for Roaring Penguin. Install this and use YaST1 to install the
> NIC if is not already. Do not give it any IP address.
>
> Next as root, start adsl-setup and input the username with domain,
> password, NIC (either eth0 or eth1 usually), and DNS (should be
> 209.193.4.7 and 209.193.4.8).
>
> No IP address is necessary. Then as root fireup the connection
> by starting adsl-start .
>
> Wala. Online.
>
> Now set up a second NIC with NAT and have fun.
>
> /Dee
>
> PS. I responded to the original poster the day he posted.
>
> Greg Jetter <greg@lazymountain.com> wrote:
> > On Wednesday 13 February 2002 10:57 pm, Jim Gribbin wrote:
> > > Well, nobody else seems to be taking at stab at this so I'll try to get
> > > the ball rolling.
> > >
> > > It sounds as though you may be using the wrong driver. Are you getting
> > > any error codes, or is it just failing to get an IP?
> > >
> > > You might also see if you can assign the card to the same IP it is
> > > receiving under Windows. I have seen situations where I couldn't get an
> > > IP using DHCP from a particular server under Linux while I could under
> > > windows with the same hardware.
> > >
> > > Jim Gribbin
> > >
> > > On Tue, 2002-02-12 at 13:15, Steve Pilkington wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I don't really post much, but I am having a problem setting up dsl
> > > > through acs (The Pipe) as a single user with dhcp in SuSE 7.3. I have
> > > > a dual boot machine (Win 98/ Linux) and the win side is set up and
> > > > working fine so I know the hardware is in order. Through Yast2 I get
> > > > to the part where it is trying to get a dynamic address when starting
> > > > network and it fails. Anyone have any suggestions or can point me to
> > > > a good howto? Thanks in advance.
> > > >
> > > > Steve Pilkington
> >
> > I was just reading about the DSL stuff in Suse. , I got the 7.3 pro box
> > set to evaluate and was reading through the manuals that came wit it .
> > it says when setting up DSL you got to assign some dummy IP addresses
> > as place holders during the initial setup if your using the DSL wizard
> >
> > on page 83 of their network manual it says:
> > using YAST
> >
> > "Enter an IP address in the field "IP address of your machine" that,
> > however ,may NOT be assigned internally in a private network or over the
> > internet. For insrtance,192.168.22.1 is a good choice."
> >
> > it goes on to say on page 84
> > NOTE:
> > The value for the IP address of your machine and netmask are only
> > Placeholders.
> >
> > i'm assumming that it is changed by the pppoe program at connect time to
> > reflect the IP address asigned by the ISP.
> >
> > it then says to edit the "etc/pppoe.conf " file
> > adding you username, password ,interface , device .
> >
> > then you can start it all up by issuing the command
> > as root rcpppoed start.
> >
> > personelly I would grab a copy of roaring penguin and the tkpppoe
> > program and do it that way , then you don't have to go through all these
> > gyrations.
> >
> > just install the rpm and launch tkpppoe tell it what net card is
> > connected to the DSL and start using it.
> >
> > hope this help ya a bit.
> >
> > Greg
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