Hallo there!
I have the sympatico HSE (ADSL) runs with PPPoE. Is there anyone sucessfully connected with redhat Linux 9.0? if yes please can U post the way u did this?
thanks
sathees

get rp-pppoe (search google)
install it
connect.

I have tried that . . .
and getting an error
PID file . . .
eth0 is known to the kernel.
I also tried with the default red hat files . . .
comes with rp-pppoe-3.5.1, pppd-2.4.1 and kernel 2.4.X
GUI=KDE.
please help me out here!
thanks
sathees

first, get the last version of rp-pppoe FROM SOURCE (tar.gz) not that crappy rpm thing. Then before installing this new version, uninstall the old version (make sure no config files still existing).

Also, what's your hardware? Are you trying to use an USB modem? If yes, I strongly recommand you to call back Sympastico and to ask them a new ethernet modem. USB modem are such a pain.

i am on speedstream ethernet modem connected to a D-Link DFE 538 TX+ NIC.

the redhat 9.0 comes with all latest RPM,s. But now I am going to try to uninstall and install from source.

thanks,
sathees

download.sympatico.ca ... they have linux access manager ... whadaya know eh? ... using Mandrake i got online, its a pain in the ass because they dont give you DNS, but cant do much about it

don't use sympastico thing, it's badly made,out of date and buggy.

I tried to uninstall rp-pppoe and installed from source.
after doing an adsl-setup and adsl-start i get the following error!
TIMED OUT.
/usr/sbin/adsl-start: line191: 5469 Terminated
$CONNECT "$@">/dev/null 2>&1

i am also wondering!
If DNS=server, how can it find the sympatico.ca?
thanks for any help!
I am currently installled red hat 9.0, which is the best linux distrubution? mandarke?

ok, so at least rp-pppoe try to connect.
Are you sure that your modem is connected to the computer and to the phone, on and ready? The timeout error is showed when you can't reach the server most of time... Have you taked the correct interface when you runned the config?

It's why you want to connect, to contact the outside world! Your dsl modem don't care about hostname, since the communication between your computer and sympatico is made trought the phone line, and your phone company know where to send your trafic. Hostname are only used on the internet, not between the communication between the modem and the provider.

Newbies always think they are a BEST distribution. There's no, it's all a matter of taste and choice.

OK, what can I do next?
I am writing this under windows 2000. so the connection from NIC to modem is all fine!
after uninstalling rp-pppoe and installing from source has discarted the GUI network configuration tool that comes with the RH 9.0

install from source.
rp-pppoe come with a nice configuration tool ( I always used the one in text, don't know about the one in GUI)

*sight*
Ok, I'll give you a step by step instruction.

here are the step you should follow :
1-get it!!
2-uncompress rp-ppoe (tar -xzf rp-ppoe-whatever.tar.gz)
3-enter the folder created (cd rp-pppoe)
4-read the readme (do it!)
5-enter src/ directory (cd src)
6-run configure script (./configure)
7-if everything is fine, run make (make) . You might need to install some additionnal package since RedHat never gives you what you need to compile from source
8-install it (make install)
9-Get back the rp-ppoe folder (cd ..)
10-start configuration script (./go) Make sure you have your sympastico manual near. Before doing the configuration, make sure your network card is working fine using ifconfig. If you don't have something like "eth0" or if you only have "lo" you'll never get the dsl working, you'll have to fix the network card first.
Also, note you should set the correct interface using the ./go script. If you modem is connected to eth0, use eth0, if not use the correct one.
11-start dsl (adsl-start) If it's not working, there's probably something wrong with your configuration in #10. Run ./go again.
12-if you're connected, you should have a new interface called "ppp0" when typing ifconfig. This is your fake DSL "interface" like the one Win2k makes. You can use several ifconfig option on it, like a normal network card.

Hope this works, to be more clear, I'll have to do it for you.

thanks Half_Elf. i got it @ last. you are right with the rp-pppoe that comes with the REDHAT is buggy. even the guys from rp-pppoe complains about RedHat.
It sounds like that the RedHat is running off the track of linux!
thanks again, Linux community rocks. . . and the OS is stable like nothing else
now I am going to do a clean install and get rid of W2k.

thanks again
sathees