Open a terminal (console) as root type: pppoe-setup
Answer the questions and you should be good to go.
Using pppoe is designed for root use (as far as setup, start and stop)
since it has a system wide effect.
Bigpaws
just tried what you have said .. though i Dont have any DSL modem nor subs yet. .
here's the output :
[root@vector~]# pppoe-setup
-su: pppoe-setup: command not found
[root@vector~]# pppoe
pppoe: send (sendPacket): Network is down
pppoe: send (sendPacket): Network is down
pppoe: send (sendPacket): Network is down
pppoe: Timeout waiting for PADO packets
1. im just using dialup
2. have not configured my NIC yet (if it has to )
but y does the command not accessible?
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:17 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:1132 (1.1 Kb) TX bytes:1132 (1.1 Kb)
ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
inet addr:203.215.124.244 P-t-P:202.78.97.139 Mask:255.255.255.255
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11426 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:12105 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
RX bytes:6804223 (6.4 Mb) TX bytes:2836505 (2.7 Mb)