Can't connect with pppoe

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KFritz
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Can't connect with pppoe

#1 Post by KFritz »

puppy-4.2.1-k2.6.25.16-seamonkey.iso , Windoze 7 Hewlett Packard proprietary, 64 bit.

Completed the connection process. Took great care to make sure ISP port #'s were correct.

When I try to connect or check status, the following message is displayed:

pppoe-status: Link is down (can't read pppoe pid file var/run/pppoe.conf-
pppoe.pid.pppoe)

What is my next step. I'm not a programmer. Please note that the HP proprietary system may be an issue. When I bought an HP printer, it wouldn't read the drivers. Spent 60 minutes on chat w/ HP tech. Had to do a registry edit of drivers. (Some way to make $, huh? :roll:)

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#2 Post by mill0001 »

Hi, Are you using a usb modem device for wireless?

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#3 Post by KFritz »

No. Ethernet modem. DSL.

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#4 Post by mill0001 »

KFritz wrote:No. Ethernet modem. DSL.

I'm not 100% certain, but I think you should try going to "Menu>Setup>Puppy setup" When the dialog box comes up click on "Connect to internet or intranet". You should get a box that tells you to set up using "eth0" or "eth1" something like that. (if you're connected to dsl modem by direct ethernet cable.) Then just follow the steps to get connected.
If you're trying to connect to dsl wireless router, then when the box opens you should see something like "connect using wlan0 or ath0. I don't think ppoe is involved in your type of setup. Hope this helps.

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#5 Post by fyujj »

Another user put off because of badly-working rp-pppoe.

For developers, like the people now working with Ubuntu based Pupplets I strongly recommend to try to have pppoeconf installed instead since it always worked fine for me in other distros.

If one wants to stick with rp-pppoe this is what I suggest to fix it, as I just pm'd Barry:

rp-pppoe in Puppy/Quirky has a bug, summarized at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 674#436674

This puts off many people from the o.s. A search in the forum shows that and many more just don't bother to ask or just can't ask to start with since they have no connection.

The fix for it would be to adopt pppoeconf instead of rp-pppoe, since the former works.
In case pppoeconf is too big in comparison to rp-pppoe then it would be a must to fix the wrong message in /usr/sbin/pppoe-setup, lines 128-141.

Currently it's like this:

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    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "DNS"
    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server."
    $ECHO "If your ISP claims that 'the server will provide DNS addresses',"
    $ECHO "enter 'server' (all lower-case) here."
    $ECHO "If you just press enter, I will assume you know what you are"
    $ECHO "doing and not modify your DNS setup."
    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "NOTICE TO PUPPY LINUX USERS:"
    $ECHO "This script (from Poaring Penguin) seems to have a bug if you enter"
    $ECHO "'server'. Try it, if it does not work, run this script again and"
    $ECHO "just press the ENTER key, nothing else."
    $ECHO ""
and maybe it could be like this:

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    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "DNS"
    $ECHO ""
    $ECHO "Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server."
    $ECHO "If your ISP claims that 'the server will provide DNS addresses',"
    $ECHO "just hit enter."
    $ECHO "If you just press enter, I will assume you know what you are"
    $ECHO "doing and not modify your DNS setup."
    $ECHO ""
Or to apply the symlink fix as described by user npierce at http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 9052273179

Regards.

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