sympatico DSL connection and Mandrake 9.2

[JoeHill]

On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 15:06:48 -0500
David J Patrick <davidjpatrick-rieW9WUcm8FFJ04o6PK0Fg at public.gmane.org> wrote:

> >>Available on the disks, you say. If it was not installed initally, would 
> >>I go for the package manager in MCC to get it via rpm ?
> >>    
> >>
> >
> >yes, or in a term, as root:
> >
> >urpmi rp-pppoe
> >
> >  
> >
> OK, so I had said friend issue the above urpmi command; everything 
> already installed.
> adsl-setup went along smoothly, with only one hitch;
> the option to have connection "always on" didn't seem to take. "on 
> demand" was the result every time.
> after adsl-setup Mozilla couldn't connect.
> adsl-start reported "already running"
> adsl-stop claimed to "kill pppd"
> adsl-start again still reported "already running"
> 
> net result; friend (new to computers) can't get at the highspeed 
> connection he's paying for.
>     has seen the command line a few too many times, wonders if linux is 
> really all that cool.
>     his linux geek friend (me) is (am) stumped.
> 
> I'm goung to try;
>     bringing the newest  rp-pppoe-3.5-3mdk.i586.rpm and 
> rp-pppoe-gui-3.5-3mdk.i586.rpm on disk.
>     urpmi-ing those (how do I point to these files? just urpmi 
> /tmp/wherever/whatever.rpm ?)
>     bring a knoppix disk to see if pppoe-config can pull it off.
> 
> suggestions welcomed

Well, I don't know how welcome this one will be, but I would really recommend
getting a hardware firewall/NAT/router or easily build one if there's an old,
unused box lying around, like a 486 or Pentium. It will manage the internet
connection (gateway), DNS entries and make internet sharing a breeze. Of course,
it will also be more secure.

In the process you describe above, were you using the Mandrake Control Center's
Internet Connection Wizard? I'm not too familiar with it, never having had to
use it, but if you haven't tried that, I would suggest you try it, at least as a
first step. But in the end, I really highly recommend getting a broadband router
in there, it's just so much easier and more secure, and they're not *that*
expensive (free in fact if you've got the abovementioned old machine lyin'
around).

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