PPPOE tool

[Madhurya Kakati]

On Mon, May 24, 2010 at 12:47 AM, James Tyrer <jrtyrer at earthlink.net> wrote:
> On 05/21/10 19:35, Madhurya Kakati wrote:
>> HI,
>> I use the latest version of kde on archlinux. I use pppoe-start in
>> konsole to connect via pppoe mode. Is there and kde tool to do that??
>> Like in ubuntu(gnome) i right clicked on network on upper panel to
>> configure and connect via pppoe. Is there any way to do that same in
>> kde?
>
> AFAIK, there is nothing in KDE-4 although you can use NetworkManager and
> the GNOME applet for it which is compatible with KDE.

you mean nothing?? o_O

> My Ethernet connected DSL modem is simply connected at boot by the
> startup scripts using DHCP (client).
>
> How to do this is distro dependent.
>
> Prior to getting the connect at boot working, I would open a VT, log in
> as root and execute:
>
>        dhclient eth0
>
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> James Tyrer
>
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