Southwestern DSL PPPOe connection

[phatbastard]

Ok i have tried for weeks to get my connection setup and with no luck. I have done some searches but nothing that figures out my problem. I have a adsl pppoe dsl connection through soutwestern bell. I have a 12234@sbcglobal.net for a username and a ******* for a password. I run adsl-setup and set it up for eth1 and let 'server' set my dns info and then save settings. I have the 2 modules autoloaded for my ethernet card, one is R8169 for realtek and the other is forcedeth for my msi k8 neo2 nforce platinum motherboard. i have tried rc-update add net.eth1 and I have also tried rc-update add net.eth0 just in case I have the eth0's incorrect. I will adjust adsl-setup accordingly to check if it is using eth0 accordingly.. My /etc/conf.d/net setting is adsl_user_eth0=" adsl " or adsl_user_eth01= "adsl ", trial and error here.. I am not having any luck. from the error messages I have received I rememeber it saying something about Mac address error or something. Sorry for not the exact error message but its hard to post complete error messages unless you write them down since you cant connnect to the internet. Any ideas here please!!!!!!

[yabbadabbadont]

I have SBC DSL too.

If you have used the Windows software that came with your SBC Yahoo DSL starter kit to setup the modem and you can connect from Windows, then you only need to configure your network for dhcp (the default configuration in 2005.1 gentoo install cd) The modem handles the PPPoE logon automagically anytime you try to connect to the internet. The modem also acts as a dhcp server for the connected network card. (assuming that you have the ethernet version of the modem and not usb) If you haven't already done so, you will need to emerge dhcpcd while booted from the install cd and in the chroot environment.

Which DSL modem do you have?
Is it connected via USB or ethernet?

[phatbastard]

i never used the sbc dsl cd i have winxp so u can just go to control panel and set up connection manually. As far as my modem is concerned its a speedstream 5360 Adsl ethernet modem. Its a older sbc modem, maybe 3 yrs old. I have had their service forever and the only time i used the sbc dsl cd is when I had windows 2000.

[phatbastard]

What does my /etc/conf.d/net need to say?

[yabbadabbadont]

[yabbadabbadont]

If that doesn't work, your modem may be configured in 'bridge' mode instead of 'PPPoE' mode. If that were the case though, then the adsl_setup should have worked. I think I can walk you through checking the modem mode if we have to. At least, I know how to do it with a SpeedStream 5100B.

[phatbastard]

Device name WAN mini port (PPPoE)
Device type PPPoE
Server type PPP
Transports TCP/IP
Authentication PAP
Compression (none)
Server Ip Address 70.247.37.254
Client Ip 70.247.**.**

Thats my details under windows xp for swbell.status

[yabbadabbadont]

Browse to this address http://192.168.0.1 and look for a line that indicates what mode the modem is using.

The correct address for your modem should be listed on the bottom of it.

[phatbastard]

sorry i fell asleep last nite to answer ?.... I get a timeout page not found. I think sbc's new modems have built in routers and mine is old so it is just a plain jane adsl modem. Cant put my finger on it. When i used one of the older universal cd's it always worked as long as i chose in kernel config my 2 ethernet cards. I would just run adsl-setup and away it went...

[phatbastard]

If anyone can help it would be greatly appreciated. Where is the king of kings of the gentoo gods....

[phatbastard]

Does my /etc/conf.d/net need to say iface_eth1=" dhcp "
or iface_eth1=" adsl "

[phatbastard]

Error message: cat /var/log/everything/current

pppd 2.4.2 started by root, uid 0
using interface ppp0
connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/0
Interface eth1 has broadcast/multicast Mac Address?? Couldnt get channel number: Input/Output error

[yabbadabbadont]

Sorry. I found some information on your modem and you are quite right about it not containing an embedded webserver for configuration. It appears to always be in bridge mode, so using adsl-setup is the correct way to go after all. I don't have any experience configuring using adsl-setup as my modem handles the PPPoE connection for me. Further, I only have one network card in my machine. However, I did find a website with a lot of information about your modem here http://www.dslreports.com/faq/eff/6%205360. I hope it provides more help than I was able to.

[phatbastard]

ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : student-e128b9c
Primary Dns Suffix . . . . . . . :
Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 4:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : NVIDIA nForce Networking Controller
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.47.27
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter swbell.net:

Connection-specific DNS Suffix . :
Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : 70.248.**.**
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 70.248.178.227
DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 68.94.156.1
68.94.157.1
NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled
Does this help?