PPPOE in Linux

In Linux, PPPOE is used for Internet access-General Linux technology-Linux technology and application information. For more information, see the following section. Pppoe-setup


Welcome to the Roaring Penguin ADSL client setup. First, I will run
Some checks on your system to make sure the PPPoE client is installed
Properly...

Looks good! Now, please enter some information:

USER NAME

>>> Enter your PPPoE user name (default XXX): Enter the ADSL user name here.

INTERFACE

>>> Enter the Ethernet interface connected to the ADSL modem
For Solaris, this is likely to be something like/dev/hme0.
For Linux, it will be ethn, where 'n' is a number.
(Default eth0): If an Eni is set to eth0, press enter to select the default value.

Do you want the link to come up on demand, or stay up continuously?
If you want it to come up on demand, enter the idle time in seconds
After which the link shoshould be dropped. If you want the link
Stay up permanently, enter 'no' (two letters, lower-case .)
NOTE: Demand-activated links do not interact well with dynamic IP
Addresses. You may have some problems with demand-activated links.
>>> Enter the demand value (default no): Press Enter or Enter no

DNS
Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server.
If your ISP claims that 'the server will provide DNS address ',
Enter 'server' (all lower-case) here.
If you just press enter, I will assume you know what you are
Doing and not modify your DNS setup.
>>> Enter the DNS information here:
Enter the server, and press enter (lowercase letter)