This is my first review so constructive criticism will be welcomed.
To cut a long story short, the main reason that deprived me of a linux distro was internet access from the distro, not that the distro I use ( openSuSE ) lacked support for it but rather I did’nt have enough knowledge to get it to work.
Like many others I have to use PPPoE to connect to the net. Linux uses a command line utility called pppoeconf to setup and then adsl-start to start the link, but I never managed to set up PPPoE connection which uses a Access Concentrator. After a lot of searching I found out that there is a gui based front end for RP-PPPoE , this is the software that we are going to setup now.
The software can be downloaded in the form of RPM or Deb but I’ll show how easily it can be compiled so that the tutorial isn’t distro dependent and will also help some noob’s (I’m one) to grasp how easy it is to compile software on linux.
1). Downloading the source : The source can be easily downloaded from this page
RP-PPPoE | Roaring Penguin
2). Compiling source : First extract the source by right clicking and selecting “Extract Hereâ€, going in the extracted directory you will find this .
Next rightclick anywhere in the open folder ad click “Open Terminalâ€, this should open the terminal with the prompt at the folder, do a “su†then enter the password to become root. Then type “./go-gui†.
If you open the go-gui script in a text editor you will see that it performs the “./configureâ€, “make†and “make installâ€.
Incase you run into some errors make sure you have gcc and gcc++ compilers installed or just copy paste the errors shown on the terminal and post here.
3). Setting up: Hoping that the compile went without errors go ahead by typing “tkpppoe†as root in terminal this should open up this window,
Don’t pay any attention to the FiveNet button now, to understand the other buttons read on,
To start and stop the connection.
To delete an connection.
This button allows you to modify the connection properties.
This button helps create a new connection, go ahead and click this button,
it should open a window like this one,
The different tabs on this window helps you to set up the new connection, using the pppoe client on windows ( RASPPPoE ) as a base I will show how to setup the connection.
a). Basic Tab: Enter any convenient name in the “Connection Name†field, in my case I had entered “FiveNetâ€, which is shown on the tkpppoe window. Enter your user name and password for the connection, the window should be similar to this,
b). NIC & DNS Tab: Set it up as the image.
e). Options Tab: Leave it at default.
f). Advanced Tab: This is the tab where we will put the access concentrator information.
To get an idea of what is entered here lets look at the RasPPPoE image from windows,
The “FiveNet\5netrajivv†is the required address now take a look at the tkpppoe advanced option,
Setup your connection just like this, click “ok†button shown at the bottom after this, now go ahead and click connect wait for a few seconds and
will become
this the green blocks mean the connection has been established.
If anyone is still having any problems post here. If anyone has problem settings up ethernet or cant browse even after connecting with tkpppoe post here. For people who dont have a windows dualboot with linux download this How-to openoffice doc from the attachment.
Next, Review/How-To for openSuSE 10.2 and Ubuntu Edgy.
The howto was made on openSuSE 10.2, the white flakes on some images is the result of snow plugin in beryl.
To cut a long story short, the main reason that deprived me of a linux distro was internet access from the distro, not that the distro I use ( openSuSE ) lacked support for it but rather I did’nt have enough knowledge to get it to work.
Like many others I have to use PPPoE to connect to the net. Linux uses a command line utility called pppoeconf to setup and then adsl-start to start the link, but I never managed to set up PPPoE connection which uses a Access Concentrator. After a lot of searching I found out that there is a gui based front end for RP-PPPoE , this is the software that we are going to setup now.
The software can be downloaded in the form of RPM or Deb but I’ll show how easily it can be compiled so that the tutorial isn’t distro dependent and will also help some noob’s (I’m one) to grasp how easy it is to compile software on linux.
1). Downloading the source : The source can be easily downloaded from this page
RP-PPPoE | Roaring Penguin
2). Compiling source : First extract the source by right clicking and selecting “Extract Hereâ€, going in the extracted directory you will find this .
Next rightclick anywhere in the open folder ad click “Open Terminalâ€, this should open the terminal with the prompt at the folder, do a “su†then enter the password to become root. Then type “./go-gui†.
If you open the go-gui script in a text editor you will see that it performs the “./configureâ€, “make†and “make installâ€.
Incase you run into some errors make sure you have gcc and gcc++ compilers installed or just copy paste the errors shown on the terminal and post here.
3). Setting up: Hoping that the compile went without errors go ahead by typing “tkpppoe†as root in terminal this should open up this window,
Don’t pay any attention to the FiveNet button now, to understand the other buttons read on,
To start and stop the connection. To delete an connection. This button allows you to modify the connection properties. This button helps create a new connection, go ahead and click this button, it should open a window like this one,
The different tabs on this window helps you to set up the new connection, using the pppoe client on windows ( RASPPPoE ) as a base I will show how to setup the connection.
a). Basic Tab: Enter any convenient name in the “Connection Name†field, in my case I had entered “FiveNetâ€, which is shown on the tkpppoe window. Enter your user name and password for the connection, the window should be similar to this,
b). NIC & DNS Tab: Set it up as the image.
e). Options Tab: Leave it at default.
f). Advanced Tab: This is the tab where we will put the access concentrator information.
To get an idea of what is entered here lets look at the RasPPPoE image from windows,
The “FiveNet\5netrajivv†is the required address now take a look at the tkpppoe advanced option,
Setup your connection just like this, click “ok†button shown at the bottom after this, now go ahead and click connect wait for a few seconds and
will become 
this the green blocks mean the connection has been established.
If anyone is still having any problems post here. If anyone has problem settings up ethernet or cant browse even after connecting with tkpppoe post here. For people who dont have a windows dualboot with linux download this How-to openoffice doc from the attachment.
Next, Review/How-To for openSuSE 10.2 and Ubuntu Edgy.
The howto was made on openSuSE 10.2, the white flakes on some images is the result of snow plugin in beryl.
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