sympatico DSL connection and Mandrake 9.2

[Anton Markov]

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Hi David,

After issuing adsl-stop, try waiting about 30 seconds before trying
adsl-start.  Also, try:

# /sbin/adsl-stop
# /sbin/ifdown eth0 	# or restart all network interfaces:
# /sbin/ifup eth0		# /etc/rc... whatever it is on Mandrake
# /sbin/adsl-start

What do you mean by "the option to have connection "always on" didn't
seem to take?"  Try editting /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf and setting DEMAND=no

As far as running Mozilla, it may be that Mozilla can't connect to the
net and so does not start.  Try pinging a site like:

# ping www.yahoo.com

If it says "network unreachable", you have connection problems.  If it
says "host not found", then you may have problems with the DNS settings.
   Try adding manual DNS entries to /etc/resolv.conf

And if it all fails, I would try using the SOURCE RPM directly from the
rp-pppoe site.



David J Patrick wrote:
> 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

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