I often hear about pppoe issue that can’t connect to Internet through pppoe.
Don’t be sneering. That is true because me too. I didn’t know how to connect and what i need when try to connect to Internet using pppoe. So, i will summarize how to do it as below, you can follow these steps to configure your PPPoE connection in openSUSE 11.1, 11 and 10.3...
===For KDE Environment===
1. Do you have below packages?
If the answer is no please download and install these packages. kinternet-0.75-253.1.i586.rpm
smpppd-1.59_SVN16-10.1.i586.rpm
wvdial-1.60-31.1.i586.rpm
wvstreams-4.4.1-32.1.i586.rpm
2. Now, you can see the kinternet option from internet –> Dail-Up menu 
3. You will receive an error message after click kinternet option.
Please don’t worry 
4. Open your console and then follow below commands. #service smppd start
#chkconfig smpppd on
#chkconfig –list smpppd —> the smpppd service will start on runlevel 2,3,5
5. Please click kinternet and then choice configure with YaST2 option. 
6. Choice DSL Connection option when display Network Configuration window 
7. It’s Initializing DSL Configuration. 
8. Please click Add option in this window. 
9. Please don’t modify any setting and click Next button if your PPP Mode is PPPoE. 
10. Select your ISP in this window.
Please click New button if your ISP not in this list. 
11. Fill your ISP information in Provider Parameters and then click Next button. 
12. You only need to click Next button. 
13. You will see dsl0 device in DSL Devices list. 
14. You can also see your Provider information in Providers list.
Please click Finish button. 
15. It’s saving DSL Configuration.
The pppoe setting have been finished, please reboot your machine. 
16. You can see the Dial-in option show in kinternet tool after reboot.
Enjoy network now 
===For Gnome Environment===
1. Please open your gnome menu and then select YaST 
2. Please search this keyword network.
You will see the Network Settings option and then click it. 
3. You need to change the Network Setup Method if you prefer to use the gui rather than use command. 
4. You can see the network icon in below panel after click Finish button.
Now, please click Edit Connections. 
5. It will pop up a Network Connections window, please select DSL and then click Add button. 
6. Fill the username and password which provided by your ISP in DSL option. 
7. DSL Connection 1 can be shown in DSL option.
Please click Close button. 
8. You shall click left button of mouse and then choice DSL connection 1. 
9. It will pop up a DSL authentication window after step 8, please key in your password here. 
10. You will see the connection status in network icon. 
11. The ppp0 device can be shown after you type ifconfig command. 
Attention:1. If the SuSEfirewall2 has enabled, please note that the following two diagrams.
2. Please also checks your username and password provided by ISP which recorded in pap-secrets file.
Hi
i did all of these steps, but still i don't have internet.
actually when i try to start smpppd in terminal i get a problem. but when i check it in yast>system>system srvices it is enabled!
i just can't connect
Please use chkconfig command for startup service every boot.
#chkconfig smpppd on
Unfortunately after step 9 I get the following error: UI Syntax Error
Invalid arguments for the SelectionBox widget. Check the log file!
Which environment do you use? KDE or Gnome?
Can you output log file for analyse?
openSUSE 11 worked fine using kinternet and firefox via dialup until I updated today using the update system. Now Firefox won't connect but Opera will. Firefox won't connect even if I run wvdial in a terminal before. I will check the current versions of kinternet, smppd, wvdial and wvstreams any other suggestions?
Did you update firefox? If yes,
please check mozilla-xulrunner190 has also been updated.
I complete this setup, everything is OK, then out of carelessness, I removed the network manager icon from bottom panel, when I tried to undo this, I failed. How shall I do now?
Please try to click YaST-> Network Devices -> Network Settings then choose User Controlled with NetorkManager in Global Options
hai, in the step 9 how the ip address 192.168.2.100 came i am getting DHCP adress instead of the ip address how to set the ip address in that place please help me
Please ignore this ip address that is example.
You don't need to fix ip address, if you are using DHCP mode now.
hai,
i have done all the things you specified and i opened the firefox it is not showing any web page,i am from india, tamil nadu i am now using xp and i am using BSNL broadband connection,i am connecting to internet through ethernet in that we have to give the ipadress and we have to give the username and password after giving all these we have to give connect then only it will connect to internet in suse i have given the ipadress and username,password but i dont know how to connect i have done all the steps u have given though i am not getting the result please help me.
You shall choose PPPoE or PPPoA mode, if you need to type username/password and then assign ip address.
that was useful
I am new to Linux, and have the same problem
According to the above instructions I found the place to enter my user name and password,
but my Internet provider requires also to enter the Service name, on MS Windows its done from the properties of the internet connection (the General Tab), but on SuSE 11.1, i couldn't find the right spot to enter the service name, respectively, I could not log in to my IProvider only with my user name and pass.
Could it be similar to the Domain or smth, and where I can find these fields to fill in.
Can it be done from the console and how?
Thank you in advance for your time and consideration.
Regards )
Edit: I am with KDE Desctop,
Found smth that could be useful, but its in Gnome Desctop
http://lifestory.moqin.com/wp-conten...gnome_ppp4.jpg
Do you mean Provider Name?
You can choose provider and enter provider name.
About Domain field is not included in this Utility.
My Broadband Connection Properties on Windows on the General Properties tab has the following:
Service Name:....
I have to enter the following : "fl1" in order to use internet, otherwise if I only use my username and pass, I cant log to internet without the service name above to be filled with the "fl1"
The problem is - I cant find the right spot to enter the service name as required by my internet provider :((((
Please fill your service name in the Provider Name field of Step 11.
http://lifestory.moqin.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/07/pppoe_11.jpg
I have tried m8, it didnt work, I called my provider, to check if there is any problems with the connection, the answer was, that my Service name is not filled in order to connect.
I guess the problem can be somewhere else, I will keep trying,
Thank you for your answers,
Good Luck
P.S. I may try to reinstall the SuSE, at this point cant figure out smth. else
I have been trying to connect pppoe with OpenSUSE 11 for a few days now... but without any success.
I'm a newb... so pardon the dumb question; but how does one download the programs you are using (kinternet etc) without already having an internet connection?
Please make sure the following packages have been installed in your openSUSE 11 first.
kinternet-0.75-253.1.i586.rpm
smpppd-1.59_SVN16-10.1.i586.rpm
wvdial-1.60-31.1.i586.rpm
Hi Bryan
Found your blogpost on PPPoE. I'm working on NetworkManager support for KDE for openSUSE 11.2. I would really like to have you as a PPPoE tester. I'm wstephenson suse de, or kde org.
Will
It's my honor to be a PPPoE tester, but i don't know which KDE version i need to test 3.x or 4.x or both gnome?
Which version of openSUSE 11.2 that is beta, rc or release?
Sorry, i lose something about that you are a NetworkManager support for KDE for openSUSE 11.2, so forget gnome issue.