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Setting up router with PPPOE
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Posted by: mikenowo
I recently got a router and now have two PCs attached to it and subsequently to my DSL modem. In windows I've configured it so that the router is always connected to the net and I no longer have to dial into Sympatico to get onto
the net. Unfortunately this does not work with PPPOE in linux (I still have to plug into the modem directly from the PC and connect with 'adsl-start' to
get the connection to be able to surf). How can I set up PPPOE so that it automatically has the connection thru the router? Is there something specific in Linux that I have to setup to have the router continuously connected to the net as in windows?
Never had a router before and am uncertain how to get it to work with linux.
Any suggestions of how or where to look for the answers would be great. THX!
Posted by: saruman
The router (something like a small linksys or netgear blue box like they sell for 89$ at futureshop) should handle the PPPoE connection and the windows and Linux PC should only have to do DHCP to get an IP address. That's what I've got running here (except my router doubles as wireless access point) with Sympatico HSE.
Works fine with my Linux laptop, OS X G4, and Win98 laptop on wireless and a win98 desktop, DEC MicroVAX and Sun Ultra 30 on the wired networks.
Posted by: mikenowo
I ended up using the Network option in the System menu of Gnome. Just set the IP for ETH0 and the subnet mask, then activated it, and all is well. Router works and my PC IP gets auto assigned via DHCP.
In case you'd like to know, this is the file that gets edited:
***
-The following lines are required in file
"/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0":
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=dhcp
ONBOOT=yes
BROADCAST=192.168.0.255
NETWORK=192.168.0.0
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.0.1
USERCTL=no
***
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