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    Question How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Ok here goes another one.
    On my work pc I am connected wirelessly to a telkom (yes I know they suck) ADSL Router.

    I have used up half the data for this month installing Ubuntu and trying to get my home pc working.

    How do I setup another connection using my axxess ISP login and password so I can use my own data easily and swop between the two.
    Windows:
    Just have a shortcut on my desktop to a pppoe connection and can connect and disconnect as I like.

    Would like something similar but have no idea how to do it.
    Yes I am a total Ubuntu moron but trying to get it going so I can spread the joys to friends and family too.
    Thanks in advance.

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jaaks View Post
    How do I setup another connection using my axxess ISP login and password so I can use my own data easily and swop between the two.
    https://help.ubuntu.com/10.04/intern...onnecting.html

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Sorry Stefanor bur I read that stuff twice and nowhere does it say anything about putting in your ISP user name and password for wireless connection.
    Yes I can connect to the router and get Internet but I want to use my own ISP so that I do not use the works data.
    This is very easy in windows, just ensure router has bridge mode enabled and setup a PPPOE connection with your ISP details and voila a shortcut is on the desktop.
    How do I do this in Ubuntu????

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Look at the section on DSL connections:

    • Right click on network manager (the network connection icon)
    • Edit connections
    • DSL
    • Add
    • You should be able to work out the rest

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Are you using 10.04?I think DSL tab method will not work for wireless pppoe
    what does
    Code:
    iwconfig
    say?If your wireless device is wlan0 try this
    In a terminal type
    Code:
    sudo pppoeconf wlan0
    and follow instructions
    Now backup /etc/network/interfaces using
    Code:
    sudo cp /etc/network/interfaces /etc/network/interfaces.bak
    Now edit the same file using
    Code:
    gksudo gedit /etc/network/interfaces
    so that it contains only these two lines
    Code:
    auto lo
    iface lo inet loopback
    Restart machine
    Run
    Code:
    sudo pon dsl-provider
    and wait for sometime
    Does it work?

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    So these changes seem quite permanent and a lot of coding?
    (Well one can code it all back again.)
    Once I have done this and can use my own ISP how do I get back to using the normal connection too?
    Why all the coding?? Can someone that is alot more clued up than me no twrite an app or get a program which can do this simply?
    Enable the swop between the two connections?
    So fo rnow I am just back to windows because Ubuntu cannot do what I need.

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