On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 2:46 AM, Mark Stodola <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Steven J. Yellin
>> <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> You may already understand what I'm about to write, but it's possible
>>> that you're enough of a newbie that you've misunderstood the role of
>>> rpms,
>>> so I'll explain anyway:
>>> Downloading a rpm, like rp-pppoe, is not a method of connection; it's
>>> part of a proceedure for getting the rp-pppoe software into your computer
>>> if
>>> it isn't already there. If the command
>>>
>>> rpm -q rp-pppoe
>>>
>>> shows that the package is already there (compare with what you get for a
>>> non-existent rpm as in 'rpm -q Tanmoy') then there's no point in again
>>> putting it into your computer via a USB stick. The rpm should be
>>> installed
>>> once, and then never needs to be installed again. In the case of a
>>> distribution such as RHEL, standard practice is to have necessary rpms
>>> installed initially as part of the original system. It would be somewhat
>>> surprising if that didn't happen with rp-pppoe.
>>>
>>
>> I think I have failed to clearly point out my problem. I know how to
>> set-up pppoe connection via "Roaring Penguin" software "rp-pppoe" as I
>> have already done so with my Fedora 13 and Ubuntu partitions.
>> As I am currently installing SL from Livecd which does not come with
>> that rp-pppoe package. So that I have to download it somehow and then
>> install it to set up a pppoe connection. That's why I am asking
>> whether there are any other software/method to set up pppoe connection
>> in SL?
>> My confusion increases with googling and after going through RHEL
>> documents - I have found some suggestions there as how to configure it
>> with pppd. Just want to know how is it different than the software we
>> are dicussing rp-pppoe and is there some easy steps to do so.
>>
>>>
>>> Steven Yellin
>>>
>>> On Mon, 29 Aug 2011, Tanmoy Chatterjee wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>> On Mon, Aug 29, 2011 at 1:33 AM, Urs Beyerle <[log in to unmask]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>> ...
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> download the rp-pppoe rpm and put it on an USB stick.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 3) I can do that. But after checking the RHEL Deployment guide - they
>>>> have not mentioned this method for pppoe connection - as not being a
>>>> computer student I want to know what the standard practice in this
>>>> case for distribution such as RHEL.
>>>>
>>>> ...
>>>>
>
> I'm still not sure what you are trying to accomplish. If you have other
> linux distributions on other partitions, can't you simply wget the RPM from
> there, reboot to SL, mount the other OS's partition and copy/install it from
> there?
>
> http://ftp.scientificlinux.org/linux/scientific/6.1/i386/os/Packages/rp-pppoe-3.10-8.el6.i686.rpm
> Change release/arch as needed...
>
> Why go through all of the trouble of cobbling your connection via other
> means? Sounds like you are trying to make it harder than it actually is.
ACTUALLY I WANT TO KNOW IS THERE ANY OTHER WAY - but it seems to me
there is only one way - check the following link -
http://www.lampdocs.com/home-personal/pppoe-connection/
Thanks
>
> -Mark
>
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>
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