I FINALLY got a cable modem. It uses PPPoE. I'm at a loss to find any meaningful HOW-TO or otherwise that'll help me connect under Linux. I'm mainly interested in getting a RH6.2 with IPMASQ connected.

Thanks to anyone who can provide me with links or help.

George

What Cable modem service you using ?

Here are the links I used to get my Blueyonder service going

http://www.vortech.net/rrlinux/

http://Cable-DSL.home.att.net/

http://ipmasq.cjb.net/

http://www.e-infomax.com/ipmasq/howt...WTO-1.95m.html

As for as I can remember PPPoE is compiled in the kernal some kernals dont have it so just compile PPP.

I recommend Kernal 2.2.16 or above

Hope this helps

Have Fun

You will need at least kernel 2.4.1 compiled with PPPoE support (it is, as far as I know, still "experimental"), with a patched PPP, to run kernel level PPPoE. You could also download kernel patches for some later 2.2.1x versions (don't know if you could still find them).

Another solution that works quite well and is very easy to set up is the Roaring Penguing PPPoE client, www.roaringpenguin.com. Not as efficient as the kernel level solution, but does the job, and should work regardless of what system you are running.

Also, if you are interested in setting up a linux floppy-based router, try LRP (www.linuxrouter.org). Some of its derivatives, such as Coyote Linux (www.coyotelinux.com), have support for PPPoE built in. If you want to share your high-speed connection, and have access to an old 486 with 2 network cards, a floppy drive and 16Mb RAM, you have yourself a simple and configurable router/firewall.

Bruce

Hey. Thanks everyone... I took a shot in the dark and tried the PPP-HOWTO, there was a link there the gave me a d/l for pppoe-0.3.tar.gz, I put this on my RedHat machine, did a make, it compiled, I then followed the other directions in the README/Install, and did a "pppd pty 'pppoe -I eth0' <pppd options>" and I was surfing from that machine. I'm not working on getting a second NIC running as I was already using this machine as a firewall/IP MASQ machine (with a 56k). Thanks. If I need anything else I'll holler.

George

How do I get the above pppd command to start-up during boot of the machine, and keep trying or demand 'dial' if it can't sync-up with the cablemodem at boot (it seems my router boots faster than the cablemodem inits, that's pretty sad if you ask me)

Thanks.

Use the "demand" option for pppd;

pppd pty 'pppoe -I eth0' <pppd options> demand

As for having it start on boot, I'm not particularly familiar with RedHat, so am not sure where to put commands to start on boot. /etc/rc.local?

Im probably the biggest newbie to linux out there, but i would appreciate any advice i can get. Anyone have suggestions about getting redhat to work with a cable modem?