Having trouble with pppoe connection

[anewguy]

And the responses for our requests for information are where?

[aloprot]

What more information were needed? Did I forgot to answer something?

[anewguy]

Go back through the thread and check each reply to you. People have asked for your pppoe config file, lspci, lsusb, and other things. So far I don't think I have seen those posted back here unless I missed them.

[aloprot]

I have carefully reviewed every post here to provide all the informations needed. First, excuse me in advance for not providing them, I didn't read with enough atention.
I could not post because this problem happened again. I could not get into ubuntu forums, but finally seems after several endless restarts I am back with a stable connection.

First, I'm not using adsl, I'm using pppoe. I don't know what a peer file is, sorry I'm a beginner. I have a DELL inspiron 1545 laptop running ubuntu 9.10 amd64 version.
Output of lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset Memory Controller Hub (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Mobile 4 Series Chipset PCI Express Graphics Port (rev 07)
00:1a.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 03)
00:1a.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #5 (rev 03)
00:1a.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #6 (rev 03)
00:1a.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) HD Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 1 (rev 03)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 2 (rev 03)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 3 (rev 03)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) PCI Express Port 5 (rev 03)
00:1d.0 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1d.1 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 03)
00:1d.2 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 03)
00:1d.7 USB Controller: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) USB2 EHCI Controller #1 (rev 03)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev 93)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation ICH9M LPC Interface Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.2 SATA controller: Intel Corporation ICH9M/M-E SATA AHCI Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 82801I (ICH9 Family) SMBus Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc M92 LP [Mobility Radeon HD 4300 Series]
09:00.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. 88E8040 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller (rev 13)
0c:00.0 Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4312 802.11b/g (rev 01)

Output of lsusb:
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0c45:63ee Microdia
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0bda:0158 Realtek Semiconductor Corp. Mass Stroage Device
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
Bus 005 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 008 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 007 Device 002: ID 0458:003a KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems)
Bus 007 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 006 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub

Ps:Anewguy, thank you and again, excuse me.

[dineshs]

can you try what I suggested in post #20.
Can you tell us how you are connecting in windows?

[walt.smith1960]

I'm pretty new also and not an IT professional. I use Verizon DSL which uses a PPPoE connection. I used Verizon's software in Windows just to make sure the connection worked properly. I then went out and bought one of these:

http://homestore.cisco.com/Linksys-W...VVviewprod.htm

It is administered via a web interface. One the router's administration page is a section to set up PPPoE connections. Mine has been perfect. And yes, it runs on Linux There may be other better/cheaper options out there but this one works for me. It does not support N-speed connections if that matters. It's an additional cost but I'm using 2 laptops, one wired desktop, one wireless desktop and 3 networked printers, 2 BrotherMFD's and one HP Photosmart. They all play together nicely.

[aloprot]

dineshs, I forgot to do that. I went through all the steps and we'll see if this works. In windows I connect using network connections>create a new network>2nd option then>username, password and every time I login I click the icon and it authentificates on the network. Nothing special, no isp custom software or anything like that.

[aloprot]

dineshs, I did that, and still the same. I think that there might be a conflict between sudo pppoeconf(this is how i did my connection in the terminal) and network manager. It's strange, network manager won't work anymore, it's grey. Can't scan wireless networks, can't activate the DSL network i putted in, so strange. Is there a way to fix this? Maybe install wicd? But how do i drop sudo pppoeconf thing to not cause the conflict anymore?
Thanks!

Ps; if this helps you http://serverfault.com/questions/309...ection-timeout
I get the same output in the terminal.

[aloprot]

The same issue, can't use my internet connection....this is becoming more and more frustrating.

[aloprot]

A router seems to be my only fix, but what about people with the same situation that can't afford a router?