fedora will not access dhcp server to get IP

[Trevor Smith]

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 at 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? I’m seriously stumped and open to
ANY suggestions.


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 Trevor Smith    |    trevor at haligonian.com