On Mon, 2003-11-24 at 15:20, Trevor Smith wrote: > On Mon, 24 Nov 2003 11:26:00 -0500, Ken Chamberlain wrote: > > >In a adsl network setup, there IS no eth0 interface. My RHL 8 clean > >install incorrectly assumed the detected ethernet device was part of a > >local area network. Perhaps this has happened to you. Disable this > >interface (eth0) if it isn't already. Then set-up a ppp0 interface via > >Internet Connection Wizard. Device type should be xDSL. Ethernet > >device=ent0, ISP provider=ppp0 (if you want it to auto start > >networking). Provide userid and password. A tip:some userid's should > >be specified as userid@domain. > > I believe that you are mistaking one type of ADSL connection for ALL > types. My local ISP seems to now offer the type of service you are > referring to (PPPoE) which requires a login name and password. > > However, my ISP has been providing ADSL service for a few years and > when I signed up, there was no such beast as described above. I do not > even have a username and password. In windows, and previously in Linux, > none are / were required. I just selected connect via DHCP and that was > that. > > Now, it is theoretically possible that my ISP has somehow switched me > over to their "new" high speed ADSL which allegedly uses PPPoE and > maybe that's why linux suddenly can't connect. > > But if that is the case, why does Windows continue to connect? I have > never offered, nor been asked by Windows for a userid and password. I > have released my IP in Windows, confirmed that I no longer have any > connection to the 'net, then renewed my IP from Windows and it > correctly connects via DHCP *without* asking for a userid and password. > > Further, I asked my phone company why I would want to switch to their > new PPPoE type service, they told me of the "benefits and I declined. > No change to my service was asked for or reported. > > I may be wrong, but I remain convinced that my computer is not > connected to the network in any fashion that requires a userid or > password. > > Any comments on how I could be wrong? Im seriously stumped and open to > ANY suggestions. > One internet provider on my country requires a change on the MTU in order to be able to connect (they provide a WLL based service), many linux users were able to connect on windows but not on linux because they provided a Windows only setup utility that changed the MTU value without the user intervention. Try setting the MTU value on linux with the same value that Windows has
