PPPoE -> DHCP : how to switch ???

[Senectus .]

On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 17:51:32 -0500, troutrou <ulist at gs1.ubuntuforums.org> wrote:
> 
> > It might be worth it, if it's at all possible... for you to post a link
> > to your isp's web page 
> Sure, web site is at: www.modulonet.fr
Heh.. Gobbledygook to me with the fish ;-)

> > and tell us what sort of account your getting..
> As I said, I live in town center, so the building is equipped with
> "cable". So I have two cable outlets on my wall, one goes to the TV
> tuner/card, and the other coaxial cable plugs into the cable modem.
> Then the modem connects to the computer's Ethernet controller/card via
> the usual RJ45 cable.
> Well, just a cable modem really ! :o)
Ahh.. cable.. I haven't had much coverage with cable as DSL is bigger
here in Australia.. I wasn't aware that you could use cable like
that.. interesting..

> 
> > As to me it sounds like your being plugged into a network (maybe
> > fibre??) and pppoe will no longer be of use to you in that situation..
> > 
> Yes, looks like on my "new Warty", the one that works, from which I am
> wirting this, has no pppoeconf things defined anymore. When I click on
> the network status applet, all it doesn't show 'ppp0' anymore, but only
> 'eth0'.
> So I guess, as  have already been told, I need to remove all PPPoE
> connections, then just select DHCP over my Ethernet card. But how do I
> remove the PPPoE connexions ??

Can you test something for me?
If you reset the cable modem (turn off then back on), does the modem
pick up and work again without any requirement of pppoe?

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Ubuntu Warty 4.10