Can't dial ppoe connections in 9.10

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I have tried everything. It doesn't seem to want to dial the pppoe connections with ubuntu 9.10
Any 1 els having this problem or is it just me? :(
I'm now back to router mode instead of the usual bridge mode. So it works now since the internet is through the lan. I would like to use pppe as I have 4 accounts. It works much better that way. Any advice will be apriciated very much! :)
 
cavedog said:
I have tried everything. It doesn't seem to want to dial the pppoe connections with ubuntu 9.10
Any 1 els having this problem or is it just me? :(
I'm now back to router mode instead of the usual bridge mode. So it works now since the internet is through the lan. I would like to use pppe as I have 4 accounts. It works much better that way. Any advice will be apriciated very much! :)
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What have you tried?

pppoeconf ?
 
sn3rd said:
What have you tried?

pppoeconf ?
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:confused::confused::confused:

I added my details if you right click on the network and edit connections. There is a adsl dialup setting there.

It worked just fine in 9.04 so i don't know why it doesn't want to work there.
 
Yeah strange I have the same, looks like a bug...

I don't want to use ppoeconf because I have more than one PPPOE connection.
 
You must use pppoeconf, go to terminal:

sudo pppoeconf

enter you password, then enter yes on first prompt, enter yes again for second prompt, yes again on 3rd prompt, now type in your adsl username and enter, then the password, enter yes again for next prompt, yes x 2, then if you want to you can select yes for "start connection at boot time", i don't do this, otherwise i wouldn't be using pppoe, then you can say yes to connect.

options in the terminal for connection:

pon dsl-provider
poff dsl-provider

pon will connect and poff will d/c

i made launchers for my connect and d/c, but you can just use the terminal

hope this helps
 
First back up your /etc/network/interfaces file:
Code: 
sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.backup

Next create your pppoe connection using pppoeconf:
Code: 
sudo pppoeconf
Then say yes to everything except the "start at boot time" and "connect now".

Then, because pppoeconf thinks it's being helpful, it adds some lines to your /etc/network/interfaces file that really aren't necessary, so we restore the original:
Code: 
sudo mv /etc/network/interfaces.backup /etc/network/interfaces

Now you can start your connection using
Code: 
sudo pon dsl-provider
and stop it using
Code: 
sudo poff dsl-provider

You can also, if you like, rename the connection to something else, as pppoeconf always puts the connections you make into the dsl-provider name, overwriting any previous details you saved:
Code: 
sudo mv /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider /etc/ppp/peers/new-name-here

In which case you can now do
Code: 
sudo pon new-name-here

You can then use pppoeconf to create as many connections as you like, each time simply saving the config as another name before creating another connection, and you start/stop the connection using the new name that you specify.
 
timvdwest said:
You must use pppoeconf, go to terminal:

sudo pppoeconf

enter you password, then enter yes on first prompt, enter yes again for second prompt, yes again on 3rd prompt, now type in your adsl username and enter, then the password, enter yes again for next prompt, yes x 2, then if you want to you can select yes for "start connection at boot time", i don't do this, otherwise i wouldn't be using pppoe, then you can say yes to connect.

options in the terminal for connection:

pon dsl-provider
poff dsl-provider

pon will connect and poff will d/c

i made launchers for my connect and d/c, but you can just use the terminal

hope this helps
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Remember to backup and restore your /etc/network/interfaces file like I explained... If you don't, your network settings may not work when you reboot
 
Ok thanks guys I will use pppoeconf method until this is fixed. I have 3 accounts too and it would be difficult.
 
pppoeconf is nice and I use it as a backup too, but the only reason I chose ubuntu instead of kubuntu is for the DSL manager, so this is a bug and needs to be reported.

Can we write up a bug report? and then the more users who tag this bug the better chance of it being fixed.
 
Thanks a million @ sn3rd very helpful!

I'm now working with pppoeconf but its going to eat my cap.

Cause security updates are international everything els is local. I think its better to just be in router mode now. Cause it will be much easier to change accounts.
 
cavedog said:
Thanks a million @ sn3rd very helpful!

I'm now working with pppoeconf but its going to eat my cap.

Cause security updates are international everything els is local. I think its better to just be in router mode now. Cause it will be much easier to change accounts.
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You can do dual connections, with static routing... i.e. route local traffic through local account and international through international account.

Search the forum for Paul_S's post on Dual PPPoE connections on Kubuntu. If you have trouble I'd be glad to help, but it's very well explained by Paul_S in his thread.
 
I have just followed sn3rd's info. I have just created one international connection and I want to know that if I create another one for local, will I need to install "route sentry" or what?
 
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Windows can dial pppoe connections out of the box for the last 10 years or something...
 
Windows can have more than one monitor connected and working properly out of the box for over a decade :p (and if you want more than one workspace there's a util from MS you can install without having to do anything on the command line, been around since XP)
 
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