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pppoeconf package

  1. Bug #151539
  2. Comment #8

Comment 8 for bug 151539

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frizzle21 (frederik-nnaji) wrote : Re: [Bug 151539] Re: No easy way to revert pppoeconf's configuration changes

On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 23:08, Agony <email address hidden> wrote:

> @frederik.nnaji:
>
> I haven't had to setup a PPPOE network in a long time, but I read some
> time ago that Network-Manager supports them. Did you try using Network
> Manager to configure your pppoe netowrk?
>
> on Ubuntu 9.10 you could edit it this way: right click on the network
> manager icon -> edit connections -> DSL -> add

sure i tried.
unfortunately:
a) nm doesn't have an interactive configuration wizard like pppoeconf
b) nm's default detail preferences seem uncompatible with certain hardware
c) if newbies make mistakes, there is no easy way to reset nm to "auto"

pppoeconf has none of these problems, gets your DSL up and running within
seconds..
strange that the two programs refuse to get along with each other so badly..