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Title: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Webgeek on October 19, 2000, 12:45:02 AM

I need some assistance getting PPPOE working with e-smith. I've downloaded and installed the contrib RPMs, but I can't seem to get it working.

Would someone who has managed to configured their e-smith system to automatically connect to the DSL line with PPPOE mind telling me how they did it. I can't be the only one who's having troule with this. Thanks!

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Paul Nesbit on October 19, 2000, 01:39:01 AM

Webgeek wrote:

> I need some assistance getting PPPOE working with e-smith. I've
> downloaded and installed the contrib RPMs, but I can't seem to
> get it working.

An excerpt from the FAQ:

"To activate these RPMs, you need to first configure the system for dialup mode - this sets the Username and Password, then configure the system for dedicated mode - this configures the ethernet interface. When you reboot your system it should connect successfully to your supplier."

Have you configured the system this way?    

Paul

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Webgeek on October 19, 2000, 04:47:33 AM

Paul Nesbit wrote:

> "To activate these RPMs, you need to first configure the
> system for dialup mode - this sets the Username and Password,
> then configure the system for dedicated mode - this configures
> the ethernet interface. When you reboot your system it should
> connect successfully to your supplier."
>
> Have you configured the system this way?

Yep. No luck whatsoever.  I'm going to comb through settings and possibly switch an ethernet card and try that.

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Charlie Brady on October 19, 2000, 06:02:27 AM

Webgeek wrote:

> Yep. No luck whatsoever.  I'm going to comb through settings
> and possibly switch an ethernet card and try that.

Be sure to look for clues in /var/log/messages before you do anything else.

Regards

Charlie

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: JeromeV on October 19, 2000, 12:48:49 PM

Apparement le package pour le pppoe ne fonctionne plus avec la base e-smith 4.0.12-36.
Avec la base fournie sur le cd, je n'ai eu aucun probleme à faire fonctionner pppoe.

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Paul Nesbit on October 19, 2000, 07:03:39 PM

Translation:

PPPoE doesn't work with e-smith-base-4.0.12-36, though worked fine with e-smith-base-4.0.12-26.  

Webgeek:  What version of e-smith-base are you using?

JeromeV: For your observation, merci beaucoup, nous regarderons dans lui.

Title: RE: Help with PPPOE
Post by: Webgeek on October 19, 2000, 09:35:55 PM

Paul Nesbit wrote:

> Translation:
>
> PPPoE doesn't work with e-smith-base-4.0.12-36, though worked
> fine with e-smith-base-4.0.12-26.
>
> Webgeek:  What version of e-smith-base are you using?

It works!

I'm using e-smith-base 4.0.12-28 I guess I'll be sticking with that.

Thanks for the help, all!

Cheers,
.....G

Title: hey give us some hints ...
Post by: Thomas on October 20, 2000, 12:54:46 AM

how you managed it :-).

Thanks

Title: hey give us some hints ...
Post by: Thomas on October 20, 2000, 12:56:30 AM

how you managed it :-).

Thanks

Title: RE: hey give us some hints ...
Post by: Webgeek on October 20, 2000, 04:29:01 AM

I wish I knew ... :-(

Judging from Paul Nesbit's message above, it may be a matter of the base install version.

When I was having problems, I was using an Intel 100B and 3Com 900B for NICs. I swapped the 3Com for another Intel and re-installed.

When it got to the initial setup screen, I switched to another teminal (Alt-F2) and installed the updated mailx rpm, the 4.0.12-28 base rpm (I thought it was the most up to date at the time), and the PPPOE rpms.

I then configured it exactly as Charlie said: set up for dial-up, entering my DSL login info, and rebooted. After reboot, I set up for dedicated DHCP and rebooted. When it came back up it logged in just fine!

I hope this helps.

Cheers,
.....G

Title: RE: hey give us some hints ...
Post by: JeromeV on October 20, 2000, 12:45:52 PM

J'ai effectué la mise a jour vers la base e-smith 4.0.12-37.
PPPoE fonctionne a nouveau.
Par contre la mise à jour DynDNS ne fonctionne toujours pas.
De plus, mes iBays sont innaccessibles en http depuis l'interface externe. En ftp pas de probleme.