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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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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    Howzit,

    Do you need to dial up for both of them? Thats actually quite easy:

    In a terminal, setup your first connection:
    Code:
    sudo pppoeconf
    This will create a file called /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider
    Rename this file to your connection name, eg...
    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider /etc/ppp/peers/telkom
    Then setup your second connection:
    Code:
    sudo pppoeconf
    This, again, will create a file called /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider
    Rename this file to your other connection name, eg...
    Code:
    sudo mv /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider /etc/ppp/peers/axxess
    Then to connect to telkom:
    Code:
    sudo pon telkom
    To connect to axxess
    Code:
    sudo pon axxess
    To disconnect:
    Code:
    sudo poff -a
    To check whats going on while you're waiting to connect:
    Code:
    sudo plog
    I'm not sure how to do it with the command line, but if you go System | Administration | Users & Groups, then select your username and click "Advanced Settings" then check the "Connect to the internet using a modem" under the "User Privileges" tab. Log out and in again and you'll be able to run all the commands without sudo.

    I use a telkom billion wireless router at home - we have a telkom account and another prepaid one for when we're capped. I run "pon telkom" to connect until we're capped, then I use "pon prepaid"

    This system works absolutely perfectly for us. No extra configuration is required on the wireless network - it just need to be connected, which works fine through network manager for me.

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    Re: How to set up wireless PPPOE connection?

    ps... once you've set it all up you only need to remember 3 commands:
    Connect
    Code:
    pon filename
    Disconnect
    Code:
    poff -a
    Status:
    Code:
    plog
    Turns out this is actually quicker than using a gui

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