Ethernet without my router

[Jeff Vian]

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 11:11, Mike Ramirez wrote:
> On Sat, 2004-08-21 at 12:49, Shefali Joshi wrote:
> > Hi
> >  
> > I installed FC2 and at first, my ethernet wouldnt activate. I wondered
> > if it would work if I plugged in my router, and Voila! It worked. 
> > My ISP is SBC DSL and I require a username and password to connect to
> > the internet. I suspect that FC2 would'nt activate my ethernet without
> > the router because I hadnt supplied it my ISP username and password?
> > So...how do I do that? :) 
> >  
> >  
> > Thanks
> > ~Shefali.
> > 
> > ______________________________________________________________________
> Hi 
> 
> Shefali I use SBC/Yahoo with the SpeedStream 5100 modem just the modem
> and not a router.  SBC is using PPPoE and to setup that username and
> password just run /sbin/adsl-setup  then it will configure your ppp1
> device.  It will ask you the username and pw plus a few other things. 
> Please note that when it reaches the DNS section make sure to type
> server and defualt settings for the rest are fine.
> 
> After thats complete /sbin/adsl-start will start ppp0  and
> /sbin/adsl-status will show you your ppp0 is up and running or down.
> 
> 
In an earlier post you said that the ethernet would not activate until
you connected your modem.  In my experience adsl does not activate until
the modem is connected and a connection is possible.

What I have done with adsl using sbc is as follows (you need the
rp-pppoe package but that is part of FC1 and FC2).

1. connect the modem
2. run adsl-setup (put in the required values)
3. run adsl start

This has worked flawlessly for me on several installs.
YMMV

One thing to note is that if that ethernet adapter is activated by
anything else, or if gateway/dns info is put in by some other config
then likely the adsl connection will fail.

One other caveat .....  SBC does not support Linux.  Thus, if you are
doing a new install you will need to first connect with WinBlows using
their software to set up the account and to get the username and
password information required for the connection.  After that the Linux
config "just works".