ADSL Success and questions

Wed Aug 20 11:43:01 2003

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I set myself the task of getting the network working on my iBook under Linux. 
I started with the info the YDL site and the info on the roaring penguin 
site. After some work, I assigned local IP addresses to my onbord ethernet and 
airport devices (eth0, eth1). Then using the trouble shooting guide found on the 
rp site, I determined that the rp-ppoe rpm that came with the distro is 
broken. It does not generate /etc/ppp/ppoe.conf file. I reinstalled without that 
rpm, downloaded the suggested rpm from the rp site. That one worked. I now have 
access to the internet from my Linux system. This effort took a number of 
instalations. I chose the longer approach of a full instalation rather than forcing 
a possible inconsistant system. Perhaps I need to learn more.

I then updated all rpms EXCEPT the rp-ppoe using yum. The listed rp-ppoe rpm 
is newer than both the one that from the distro and the one from the rp site. 
I am a bit leary of the official distro. The old once burned story. Has anyone 
had good results from the updated offical rp-ppoe rpm? Is there a way I could 
check an update log to make a guess as to what has changed?

Joe S.

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