PPPoE ADSL Connection not working!

[James Wilkinson]

Victor Nian wrote:
>     I'm new to linux. Days ago I decided to install Fedora Core 2
> and the installation went smoothly INCLUDING the dual-boot. However,
> my linux just won't connect to the internet. Unlike other cases,the
> PPPoE doesn't work or maybe I don't whether it is working properly.
> What I encountered is like this: I have configured my xdsl connection
> and I imput all the required information like gateway,subnet adress,
> IP adress of that adsl modern,and also my username and password for my
> ISP. However,after i activated the device in the Network option,
> indeed it was activated, but I just can't browse any webpage with a
> warning like this: XXXXXXX name is not correct. Appreciate kind help!>
> And sorry about any confusion caused due to my language.

Hi Victor,

It looks like you haven't had much feedback on this one. I'm sending
this to you and to the list to make sure you see it: can you make sure
any followups go to the list? Thanks.

We really need to know a bit more about your setup. Some ADSL modems
are internal or USB: Fedora looks after the ADSL side of things. Others
("ADSL routers") handle the ADSL authentication themselves, and connect
to the Fedora computer through an Ethernet connection. Could you let us
know the type, make, and model number of your modem?

It might also be helpful if you could copy and paste the results of
running these commands as root:
ifconfig
route
traceroute 212.58.224.114
nslookup www.bbc.co.uk

I appreciate that there's a "chicken and egg" situation here: you don't
have a working Internet connection on that box. If you can mount a
(formatted) floppy disk, you could run
ifconfig > /mnt/floppy/ifconfig.txt
to send the output to a file on the floppy.

The exact text of the Web error message might be helpful, too.

Thanks,

James.
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