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creating multiple connections

i use dsl connection to cnnct to the internet through my ubuntu pc.
In ubuntu,at first i had to run pppoeconf command to enter my user name and password(this edits the dsl-provider file)..now each time i connect to the net i use the pon dsl-provider command..
what i want to know is stated below -

# i have three username-passwrds that cnnct to the internet..
only the 1st one has unlimited broadband priviledge but it is much slower than the others

each time if i wish to cnnct by different usernames, i have to run the pppoeconf command and scan my devices and provide my 2nd or 3rd username and paswrd ..
when i will shift to my 1st one...i have to repeat this tedious procedure again....
i guess ..u all will agree with me that this is a frustrutaing thing to do all the time...
in windows xp i can create many simultaneous connections (eg. MyConnection1,MyConnection2,MyConnection3 etc)...and cnnct through wichever i wish with just 2 piece of clicks

---- so,how can i keep simultaneous 2,3 connection files and cnnct through which ever i like without the pppoeconf shit all the time??

Do you mean you are using the connections at the same time? Or just that you use one or another at different times? I suspect the later...

I use multiple connections (but not at the same time) which creates a problem because the connections have different nameservers in /etc/resolv.conf. Rather than reconfiguring each time, make different copies of your "dsl-provider file" and run the whole thing with a script that copies the correct one in first:

Code:

#!/bin/sh



cp /etc/pppoe/providerfile.copy1 /etc/pppoe/providerfile &&

pppoe-up (or whatever command you use)

Just call that script "connect1" and that's all you'll have to type next time. I don't use pppoe so I'm not familiar with how to launch it, but hopefully the logic here is clear: the destination file of the copy is the real name of the file that pppoe uses, the source file is one version of what it should look like.

Important: use the double ampersand (&&) after the cp command to make sure it completes successfully before you attempt to connect.

that was nice..
let me try first