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