[nSLUG] Re: Aliant aDSL + linux: how to?

[Michael MacLeod]

	Alright, to connect to Aliant's DSL service, which uses DHCP running
over a PPPoE interface, it works like this for me: I use rp-pppoe to set
up the PPPoE interface. It's a simple matter of configuring rp-pppoe
using the command 'adsl-setup'. After that, 'adsl-start' sets up the
PPPoE interface over eth0, creating the wonderful ppp0 interface. Next,
it's just a matter of 'dhcpcd ppp0' and I'm away to the races.
	Any DSL service provided by Aliant that does not use PPPoE is a legacy
service from the days of MT&T's MPowered PC days, and uses only DHCP. In
this case, setup should be as simple as dhcpcd eth0. This will of course
require you to also have the dhcpcd package installed on your system. I
don't know what comes with Red Hat or whichever distro you're using, but
I imagine that rpm's for these packages exist.

> *must* use Aliant's MPowered service.
	Aliant doesn't have an MPowered service. This is a legacy service from
before the MT&T/Island Tel/NB Tel/Satan merger. All service that has
been rolled out since then is 'Aliant High Speed Internet', and features
PPPoE.

	If the above does not work, than I would suggest that either you are
using some other service for which you should seek out further
documentation, or the problem doesn't lie with Aliant, but with some
misconfiguration in your system. Check your kernel modules to make sure
the right ones are being loaded, check your firewall settings if you
have one, etc.

peace
Mike