On Mon, 07 May 2007 23:10:19 -0800 gary garys@mtaonline.net took out a #2 pencil and scribbled:
I just bought a new cheap compaq presario sr5010nx and so far have been unable to get my dsl up and running on Centos5. pppoeconf on Ubuntu works just fine -- same machine -- same harddrive.
I've run adsl-setup and system-config-network? (separately) numerous times without success.
So far I suspect a missing driver but suppose it could also be a detection issue.
Suggestions or workarounds appreciated. ----gary
Alex White wrote: What kind of dsl modem do you have? Is it a speedstream of some sort or is it a 2wire variant?
What is the contents of /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
The newer speedstream modems (if you can call them that) can retain credentials. Have you tried connecting to it and seeing what settings are in there?
Do you have /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 ? What is the contents of that file? Have you tried a simple 'ifconfig ppp0 up'? Try seeing the settings of your config via the main menu System > Administration > Network.
Try this as well 'system-config-network' What does it mention (if>anything) about ppp0?
HTH
Alex White
Alex - The Alcatel Speed Touch Home modem worked just fine with Centos5 on a different machine.
Trying to activate sytem-config-network gives the following:
/sbin/adsl-start: line 214: 3132 Terminated $CONNECT"$@" >/dev/null 2>&1
I have no /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf - not installed - having run adsl-setup after a fresh reinstall.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0:
USERCTL=yes BOOTPROTO=dialup NAME=DSLppp0 DEVICE=ppp0 TYPE=xDSL ONBOOT=yes PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid FIREWALL=STANDALONE PING=. PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80 LCP_FAILURE=3 LCP_INTERVAL=20 CLAMPMSS=1412 CONNECT_POLL=6 CONNECT_TIMEOUT=60 DEFROUTE=yes SYNCHRONOUS=no ETH=eth0 PROVIDER=DSLppp0 USER=garys@mtaonline.net PEERDNS=no DEMAND=no
I'll tinker with some these values and hope for success. ----gary
Comparing your output with my own ifcfg-ppp0 reveals nothing different. That's interesting that it fails how it does though. Is there more than one NIC in this PC? If there is you must make sure you have defined the correct card.
/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf being missing is okay, I had a brain dead moment. pppoe.conf no longer exists as that information has been incorporated into ifcfg-ppp0 for a little while now.
Does running 'adsl-start' from a terminal reveal any information to you? 'adsl-connect' which is called by 'adsl-start' sends errors to syslog, have a gander and see if adsl-connect is leaving behind any useful information about why it's not connecting or if it's just timing out.
You may also try invoking 'adsl-start' in the following manner: 'sudo adsl-start eth0 username@domain.tld' see what happens. Please mind line wrapping.
HTH