I am using Mandrake 10.0 and my adsl connection requires authentication. When I was configuring the adsl connection didn't appear the option to put my login and password. How can I configure that properly? Where should I put my login and password?

Ok, modem type, configuration method? Eg Speedtouch 300 USB without the Mandrake drivers, not the speedtouchconf script. Or Sagem F@ST 800 E2T with DrakConnect/MCC.

I am quite confuse about that because I was using Fedora Core 2 before changed to Mandrake 10.0 and it was so easy to configure my adsl connection there. I did it just using the graphical interface. I didn't have to edit any file and I didn't have to know my modem type. What happened here is that my connection is limited by month, that's why I need to connect, so they can monitor how much I've been spending. In FC2 I've just click in add a new connection, chose xDSL, chose eth0 and put my login and password in the box that appeared. Every time that I wanted to connect to the internet, I've just have to active that connection and it did the authentication by itself. But in Mandrake 10.0, there isn't such an option. When I click in add a new connexion, I choose Adsl, then I choose eth0 and that's all, doesn't appear a place to put my login and password. But anyway, my modem type is Adsl Router Pots TelKon.

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Ok so it's an ethernet connected router, which means as long as your ethernet card is supported ok we just have to deal with pppoe. Firstly have you checked you've installed the pppoe package (Roaring Penguin iirc)?
Next, look for /etc/ppp/pap or chat -secrets files. Do they have any username&password entries?

The pppoe package wasn't installed, so I installed and I went to /etc/ppp and found 3 interested files: pppoe.conf, pppoe-server-options and pap-secrets. I'm gonna put them here, then you can check and see what I have to do:

# pppoe.conf
#
# Configuration file for rp-pppoe. Edit as appropriate and install in
# /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
#
# NOTE: This file is used by the adsl-start, adsl-stop, adsl-connect and
# adsl-status shell scripts. It is *not* used in any way by the
# "pppoe" executable.
#
# Copyright (C) 2000 Roaring Penguin Software Inc.
#
# This file may be distributed under the terms of the GNU General
# Public License.
#
# LIC: GPL
# $Id: pppoe.conf,v 1.10 2002/04/09 17:28:38 dfs Exp $
#***********************************************************************

# When you configure a variable, DO NOT leave spaces around the "=" sign.

# Ethernet card connected to ADSL modem
ETH=eth0

# ADSL user name. You may have to supply "@provider.com" Sympatico
# users in Canada do need to include "@sympatico.ca"
# Sympatico uses PAP authentication. Make sure /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
# contains the right username/password combination.
# For Magma, use xxyyzz@magma.ca
USER=

# Bring link up on demand? Default is to leave link up all the time.
# If you want the link to come up on demand, set DEMAND to a number indicating
# the idle time after which the link is brought down.
DEMAND=no
#DEMAND=300

# DNS type: SERVER=obtain from server; SPECIFY=use DNS1 and DNS2;
# NOCHANGE=do not adjust.
DNSTYPE=SERVER

# Obtain DNS server addresses from the peer (recent versions of pppd only)
# In old config files, this used to be called USEPEERDNS. Changed to
# PEERDNS for better Red Hat compatibility
PEERDNS=yes

DNS1=
DNS2=

# Make the PPPoE connection your default route. Set to
# DEFAULTROUTE=no if you don't want this.
DEFAULTROUTE=yes

### ONLY TOUCH THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS IF YOU'RE AN EXPERT

# How long adsl-start waits for a new PPP interface to appear before
# concluding something went wrong. If you use 0, then adsl-start
# exits immediately with a successful status and does not wait for the
# link to come up. Time is in seconds.
#
# WARNING WARNING WARNING:
#
# If you are using rp-pppoe on a physically-inaccessible host, set
# CONNECT_TIMEOUT to 0. This makes SURE that the machine keeps trying
# to connect forever after adsl-start is called. Otherwise, it will
# give out after CONNECT_TIMEOUT seconds and will not attempt to
# connect again, making it impossible to reach.
CONNECT_TIMEOUT=30

# How often in seconds adsl-start polls to check if link is up
CONNECT_POLL=2

# Specific desired AC Name
ACNAME=

# Specific desired service name
SERVICENAME=

# Character to echo at each poll. Use PING="" if you don't want
# anything echoed
PING="."

# File where the adsl-connect script writes its process-ID.
# Three files are actually used:
# $PIDFILE contains PID of adsl-connect script
# $PIDFILE.pppoe contains PID of pppoe process
# $PIDFILE.pppd contains PID of pppd process
CF_BASE=`basename $CONFIG`
PIDFILE="/var/run/$CF_BASE-adsl.pid"

# Do you want to use synchronous PPP? "yes" or "no". "yes" is much
# easier on CPU usage, but may not work for you. It is safer to use
# "no", but you may want to experiment with "yes". "yes" is generally
# safe on Linux machines with the n_hdlc line discipline; unsafe on others.
SYNCHRONOUS=no

# Do you want to clamp the MSS? Here's how to decide:
# - If you have only a SINGLE computer connected to the ADSL modem, choose
# "no".
# - If you have a computer acting as a gateway for a LAN, choose "1412".
# The setting of 1412 is safe for either setup, but uses slightly more
# CPU power.
CLAMPMSS=1412
#CLAMPMSS=no

# LCP echo interval and failure count.
LCP_INTERVAL=20
LCP_FAILURE=3

# PPPOE_TIMEOUT should be about 4*LCP_INTERVAL
PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80

# Firewalling: One of NONE, STANDALONE or MASQUERADE
FIREWALL=NONE

# Linux kernel-mode plugin for pppd. If you want to try the kernel-mode
# plugin, use LINUX_PLUGIN=/etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so
LINUX_PLUGIN=

# Any extra arguments to pass to pppoe. Normally, use a blank string
# like this:
PPPOE_EXTRA=""

# Rumour has it that "Citizen's Communications" with a 3Com
# HomeConnect ADSL Modem DualLink requires these extra options:
# PPPOE_EXTRA="-f 3c12:3c13 -S ISP"

# Any extra arguments to pass to pppd. Normally, use a blank string
# like this:
PPPD_EXTRA=""


########## DON'T CHANGE BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING
# If you wish to COMPLETELY overrride the pppd invocation:
# Example:
# OVERRIDE_PPPD_COMMAND="pppd call dsl"

# If you want adsl-connect to exit when connection drops:
# RETRY_ON_FAILURE=no

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#pppoe-server-options
# PPP options for the PPPoE server
# LIC: GPL
require-pap
login
lcp-echo-interval 10
lcp-echo-failure 2

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

#pap-secrets
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses

Ok, seems similar to my pppoa setup. Add your given ISP username to the pppoe.conf, and add the line in pap-secrets for your ISP username and password, eg:
Don't forget the last space and the newline.

Moved: This thread is more suitable in Linux-Networking and has been moved accordingly to help your thread/question get the exposure it deserves.

Just to check:

1) In the pppoe.conf file is gonna be like this:

original :
# ADSL user name. You may have to supply "@provider.com" Sympatico
# users in Canada do need to include "@sympatico.ca"
# Sympatico uses PAP authentication. Make sure /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
# contains the right username/password combination.
# For Magma, use xxyyzz@magma.ca
USER=

modified:
# ADSL user name. You may have to supply "@provider.com" Sympatico
# users in Canada do need to include "@sympatico.ca"
# Sympatico uses PAP authentication. Make sure /etc/ppp/pap-secrets
# contains the right username/password combination.
# For Magma, use xxyyzz@magma.ca
USER=ricardo@dslmweb.co.za

2) And in the pap-secrets file like this:

original:
#pap-secrets
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses

modified;
#pap-secrets
# Secrets for authentication using PAP
# client server secret IP addresses
'ricardo@dslmweb.co.za' * 'password' *

Is that right?

I'd like to know if in pppoe.conf I have to use " " or ' ' like USER="ricardo@dslmweb.co.za" and I didn't understand what you mean with the last space and the new line?

Pppoe.conf should be fine without quotes, and I meant there's a space and then a new blank line after the last * in pap-secrets.

OK, it's done. Is it already suppose to work? Because it's no working yet. Actually, there is something strange happening. When I go to Network & Internet and then to Internet Access, in connexion type, appears LAN, instead of adsl and in status appears not connected, but when is booting the kernel, it brought up interface eth0 [OK]. By the way, should I have to do something to active that pppoe configuration?

Yes iirc Mandrake sees the connection as the ethernet/lan between your network card and your router, and the router itself deals with the adsl authentication. As I have a usb modem and no ethernet/lan I dunno if I can help you much more.

in a terminal window
cd /sbin .... then
adsl-setup ........ follow on screen questions then to bring up ur connection
adsl-start/adsl-stop

Thank you mermxx, it is working now, but I didn't need to go to /sbin to execute adsl-setup and adsl-start.
And thank you very much Proud for your help and attention and mainly for your patience.
I am posting now from Linux what show you guys that is working, hehehe.

Good to hear. Np, glad we could help.