WAN Miniport (PPPOE)

[damjan992]

Hi!

I had problem connecting to the internet on Ubuntu 9 and 10 and never solved it. Now, I want to install Ubuntu 11.10 desktop i386 but as a single OS.
I'm connecting trough WAN Miniport (PPPOE). My wireless antenna is directly connected to a TP Lnk WN-551g 11b/g wireless adapter.
On Windows XP and 7 i have no problems. I only have to install drivers and then type in my user name and password. In Linux I've tried a few thing, including command sudo pppoeconf but it just wont work.
Is this solved in Ubuntu 11 and if not, is there a way to connect to the internet using this type of connection?

[dineshs]

In Linux I've tried a few thing, including command sudo pppoeconf but it just wont work.

Have you tried

sudo pppoeconf wlan0

(Assuming that your wireless device is detected as wlan0)
Can you post the result of

sudo lshw -C network

[damjan992]

Yes, I tried that too but something couldn't be found. I can't remember exactly. I even tried configuring wlan0 or something like that but even that it wouldn't work. I'll install Ubuntu, probably tonight, and try those codes.

Thanks!

[damjan992]

I was running live OS but I hope that there is no difference.

I tried typing both

sudo pppoeconf

and

sudo pppoecinf wlan0

On Ubuntu 9 and 10 there was the same error. Error that occurs when I type first code (see pics). It looks like that on 11 I can connect by typing second code but i didn't wanted to mess something up.

And here's what I get when I type

sudo lshw -C network

=

  *-network               
       description: Wireless interface
       product: AR2413 802.11bg NIC
       vendor: Atheros Communications Inc.
       physical id: a
       bus info: pci@0000:01:0a.0
       logical name: wlan0
       version: 01
       serial: 00:14:78:ee:0b:88
       width: 32 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm bus_master cap_list ethernet physical wireless
       configuration: broadcast=yes driver=ath5k driverversion=3.0.0-12-generic firmware=N/A latency=168 link=no maxlatency=28 mingnt=10 multicast=yes wireless=IEEE 802.11bg
       resources: irq:17 memory:dfef0000-dfefffff
  *-network
       description: Ethernet interface
       product: RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
       vendor: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
       physical id: 0
       bus info: pci@0000:04:00.0
       logical name: eth0
       version: 06
       serial: 8c:89:a5:2c:dd:ff
       size: 10Mbit/s
       capacity: 1Gbit/s
       width: 64 bits
       clock: 33MHz
       capabilities: pm msi pciexpress msix vpd bus_master cap_list ethernet physical tp mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd autonegotiation
       configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes driver=r8169 driverversion=2.3LK-NAPI duplex=half firmware=N/A latency=0 link=no multicast=yes port=MII speed=10Mbit/s
       resources: irq:43 ioport:e800(size=256) memory:defff000-deffffff memory:deff8000-deffbfff

[dineshs]

It looks like that on 11 I can connect by typing second code but i didn't wanted to mess something up.

Please backup /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider using

sudo cp /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider /etc/ppp/peers/dsl

Proceed with

sudo pppoeconf wlan0

Then connect using

sudo pon dsl-provider

and disconnect using

sudo poff dsl-provider

On Ubuntu 9 and 10 there was the same error

Does sudo lshw -C network look same in 9 and 10?

[damjan992]

Sorry, but I gave up installing Ubuntu... for the third time.

I actually couldn't manage to boot up Ubuntu. Screen starts to blink, flicker (don't know how to exactly express myself) so I've reinstalled it. Then, after booting that fresh installation I've left it that way for a couple of minutes and restarted computer. After trying to boot up again first my speakers started to bleep, sizzle (again, I hope I expressed myself correctly) and sound was on maximum, even if Hi-Fi wasn't. It lasted 2-3 seconds, and screen started to blink again. Tried booting couple times more but it blinks again and again and it wouldn't stop even after 5-10 minutes.

Good for hypnosis, though

Anyway, I'll just wait for Ubuntu 12

Does sudo lshw -C network look same in 9 and 10?

I don't have them on CD and neither do I have images on computer but I can download them again and see how it looks on them

[damjan992]

Okay, I've installed Ubuntu again. It looks like it works without problems... for now I remembered that there was some boot problems with Ubuntu 9 but after installing updates it boots okay so I hope I won't be having any problems with that screen if I update Ubuntu

Anyway, I tried configuring internet connection how you told me to but with no success...

So, here are some screenshots. Also, I didn't mentioned that I first connect to an wireless network and then start some kind of connection where username and password is (i think it's called dialer but you will see on screenshots). I asume that it's how PPPoE connection is but nevertheless it's good to tell.

Picture 1: First. I wait for that first picture. It has to connect to that network.

Picture 2: Then, I open Connect KingsNet (first window). After clicking connect i get that second window. Just follow those lines and you won't get lost

[dineshs]

Please connect from windows and post the result of

ipconfig /all

Also post the output of the following terminal commands from ubuntu

ifconfig -a

and

iwconfig

Did you try to configure the connection via sudo pppoeconf wlan0? Was there any error?

[damjan992]

D:\Documents and Settings\Daljevic>ipconfig /all

Windows IP Configuration

        Host Name . . . . . . . . . . . . : hall-7k
        Primary Dns Suffix  . . . . . . . :
        Node Type . . . . . . . . . . . . : Unknown
        IP Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
        WINS Proxy Enabled. . . . . . . . : No

Ethernet adapter Wireless Network Connection:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : TP-LINK 11b/g Wireless Adapter
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-14-78-EE-0B-88
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration Enabled . . . . : Yes
        Autoconfiguration IP Address. . . : 169.254.187.127
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.0.0
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . :

PPP adapter KingsNet:

        Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . :
        Description . . . . . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
        Physical Address. . . . . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
        Dhcp Enabled. . . . . . . . . . . : No
        IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : Err... No... You can't see this :)
        Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
        Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.184.26.242
        DNS Servers . . . . . . . . . . . : 172.22.0.10
                                            172.23.0.10
        NetBIOS over Tcpip. . . . . . . . : Disabled

Ubuntu keep crashing so I couldn't give you those two last codes. If it's really important I'll reinstall it... again... but only if it's important!

Did you try to configure the connection via sudo pppoeconf wlan0? Was there any error?

Yes, I tried and I was unable to connect. There wasn't any error (although it asks many questions so I might did something wrong ???) I actually did tried about 4-5 times configuring in a different way but I couldn't connect.
I think that this isn't the problem. Problem is that I must be connected to a wireless network. Now, when I do that on Windows it says that I have limited or no connection but I stays that way. It's connected one way or the other. On Ubuntu, when I try to connect after a few second it disconnects and starting this connection that I made using sudo pppoeconf wlan0 is pointless because I'm not connected to that wireless network.

I hope I explained it right, cause English is not my native language. Luckily, we learn it school

[dineshs]

There wasn't any error (although it asks many questions so I might did something wrong ???) I actually did tried about 4-5 times configuring in a different way but I couldn't connect.

Please run

sudo pon dsl-provider

and then

ping 4.2.2.1 -c3

(Pl post results)