[ubuntu-in] [x-posted]: configuring pppoeconf in Ubuntu 7.04 - Installed

[Gaurish Sharma]

On 9/20/07, Roshan <d_rosh2001 at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> List,
>
> It is a very /ajeeb/ problem. And I am not able to
> understand what's causing it.
>
> My friend's computer is an old one (>4 years) has 256
> MB of RAM and Ubuntu 7.04 installed without problems.
> Since, he uses a software called "raspppoe" on Windows
> XP, I started pppoeconf after booting into the LIVE
> CD. I managed to configure the internet connection by
> answering a few questions in the wizard and voila!


Good hear it worked out of box


However, now after installing Ubuntu 7.04, he tried
> running pppoeconf and configured it. Though the
> terminal says "rs-ppp loaded" (or something similar),
> the browser (Firefox) still displays "Server not
> found".
>
> I asked him to modify /etc/resolv.conf with an OpenDNS
> IP address. Didn't help!


Maybe you need to
sudo route add default ppp0
also post the output of  ifconfig,pppoe-discovery if the above command does
not work for more info

>
> On ubuntu forums, one killed "dhclient" service which
> was causing a problem to him.
>
> What are the files (config files) created / edited by
> pppoeconf? (Couldn't find this in manpage)


one it dsl-provider its in the /etc,
for others i don't wait for other to reply




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Regards,
Gaurish Sharma
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