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pppoeconf -- configures a PPPoE (ADSL) connection
SYNOPSIS
pppoeconf [-nox] [iface]
DESCRIPTION
The pppoeconf program is user-friendly dialog based setup tool for pppd (and pppoe if needed). It will look for existing ethernet
cards and look for ADSL hardware connected to one of them. You can add an interface name iface to force pppoeconf to use it. Then it will
get some login info and do some minor modifications to make working settings. Note that you can use ESC key to exit program when you wan.
OPTIONS -nox Force ncurses use.
FILES
/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider is pppd options file for your dsl provider.
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets are described in pppd documentation. pppoeconf may add lines to theses files.
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0clampmss and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/0clampmss are used to clamp MSS if needed.
/etc/network/interfaces is network interface file for your system.
SEE ALSO pppd(8), interfaces(5), pon(1) and pppoe(8).
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Eduard Bloch (blade@debian.org) and now maintained by Gregory Colpart (reg@evolix.fr) for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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pppoeconf -- configures a PPPoE (ADSL) connection
SYNOPSIS
pppoeconf [-nox] [iface]
DESCRIPTION
The pppoeconf program is user-friendly dialog based setup tool for pppd (and pppoe if needed). It will look for existing ethernet
cards and look for ADSL hardware connected to one of them. You can add an interface name iface to force pppoeconf to use it. Then it will
get some login info and do some minor modifications to make working settings. Note that you can use ESC key to exit program when you wan.
OPTIONS -nox Force ncurses use.
FILES
/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider is pppd options file for your dsl provider.
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets are described in pppd documentation. pppoeconf may add lines to theses files.
/etc/ppp/ip-up.d/0clampmss and /etc/ppp/ip-down.d/0clampmss are used to clamp MSS if needed.
/etc/network/interfaces is network interface file for your system.
SEE ALSO pppd(8), interfaces(5), pon(1) and pppoe(8).
AUTHOR
This manual page was originally written by Eduard Bloch (blade@debian.org) and now maintained by Gregory Colpart (reg@evolix.fr) for the
Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others). This document is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option)
any later version.
On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.
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