> 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 at mtaonline.net PEERDNS=no DEMAND=no I'll tinker with some these values and hope for success. ----gary