[PLUG] pppoe on debian

[Nicolai Rosen <laktar@logicaldisconnect.com>]

I'm trying to connect to Earthlink using the debian pppoe package. In the
manpage it states:

The interface should be "up" before you connect but should not be
configured to have an ip address

So what does ""up"" mean?

Also, the README says to add a few lines to configuration files which
include the user specified by user@host. The information given to me by
Earthlink gives our username as "fredrosen" without any @host type
info. Was the original merely the specifics of that person's connection or
should it really be user@host?

Anybody who has successfully set up linux (debian especially) to work with
an Earthlink dsl connection could be a big help.

Thanks

Nicolai Rosen, Laktar@LogicalDisconnect.com
http://www.LogicalDisconnect.com/

Necessity is the mother of kludge


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