Question #161075 “Network Connection Problem” : Questions : rp-pppoe package : Ubuntu

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-06-11:

#1

So it is ADSL over Ethernet?

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-11:

#2

Idk, but I'll tell you what happens in Windows, I connect the ethernet, and it detects the network but it can't connect to the net.. so I create another broadband connection PPoPE over that, which requires me to input password and username and then it connects.

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-06-11:

#3

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-12:

#4

I get it to the point in the terminal where i"m needed to input [sudo pppoenconf] . After that the terminal asks me for the password. I know the password, but when i try to type it won't show up on the screen. The cursor blinks and remains in the same position. The letters won't show up :S

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said on 2011-06-12:

#5

That's not a problem. It doesn't show you any placeholder characters (like *), but it's getting your password all the same. Just type it in and press enter.

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-12:

#6

Yeah that's what i thought, so i keyed in the password and after sometime it says, [incorrect password].. And i'm absolutely sure that its right. :/

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-12:

#7

and It asks me for the password first , rather than the username.. contradictory to what's given in the tutorial given above.
I'm on Ubuntu 11.04

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said on 2011-06-12:

#8

If I understand you correctly, then what you have seen is consistent with the tutorial, but you have misunderstood the tutorial. (If I am guessing right, then perhaps the tutorial should be edited to slightly increase its clarity.)

As I understand it, you are seeing something that looks like this (though your username is probably not ek, and your computer name is probably not Apok):

ek@Apok:~$ sudo ppoeconf
[sudo] password for ek:

That's asking you for your Ubuntu password--that is, the password that you created when you installed Ubuntu (unless you changed it since then), which you use to perform other administrative tasks on your own machine, like installing new software. If you have set up Ubuntu so that you have to log in every time you start your computer, or so that you have to enter a password to unlock the screen after a period of inactivity (or after suspending or hibernating), that's the same password.

After you enter your Ubuntu password (that is, the password associated with the user account you're using on your Ubuntu system), only *then* will you be presented with steps 1-9 at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE#pppoeconf. In step 2, you will be asked for the username associated with your Internet connection, which is very likely not the same as your Ubuntu username. In step 3, you will be asked for the password associated with your Internet connection, which is very likely not the same as your Ubuntu password.

If you had been entering your ISP password (i.e., the password associated with your Internet connection) instead of your Ubuntu password when it said something that looked like "[sudo] password for ek:", that would explain why it told you it was incorrect.

Finally, please note that the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE should apply equally well to Ubuntu 11.04, for the task you are performing. Nonetheless, it was good that you reiterated that you are running a different version, as that is not always the case (i.e., sometimes procedures from older versions of Ubuntu do not work, or do not work right, on newer versions).

If this enables you to fix the problem, please mark this as Solved; if not, please post again, reopening the question, and I'll attempt to render further assistance.

If I understand you correctly, then what you have seen is consistent with the tutorial, but you have misunderstood the tutorial. (If I am guessing right, then perhaps the tutorial should be edited to slightly increase its clarity.)

As I understand it, you are seeing something that looks like this (though your username is probably not ek, and your computer name is probably not Apok):

ek@Apok:~$ sudo ppoeconf
[sudo] password for ek:

That's asking you for your Ubuntu password--that is, the password that you created when you installed Ubuntu (unless you changed it since then), which you use to perform other administrative tasks on your own machine, like installing new software. If you have set up Ubuntu so that you have to log in every time you start your computer, or so that you have to enter a password to unlock the screen after a period of inactivity (or after suspending or hibernating), that's the same password.

After you enter your Ubuntu password (that is, the password associated with the user account you're using on your Ubuntu system), only *then* will you be presented with steps 1-9 at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE#pppoeconf. In step 2, you will be asked for the username associated with your Internet connection, which is very likely not the same as your Ubuntu username. In step 3, you will be asked for the password associated with your Internet connection, which is very likely not the same as your Ubuntu password.

If you had been entering your ISP password (i.e., the password associated with your Internet connection) instead of your Ubuntu password when it said something that looked like "[sudo] password for ek:", that would explain why it told you it was incorrect.

Finally, please note that the instructions at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/ADSLPPPoE should apply equally well to Ubuntu 11.04, for the task you are performing. Nonetheless, it was good that you reiterated that you are running a different version, as that is not always the case (i.e., sometimes procedures from older versions of Ubuntu do not work, or do not work right, on newer versions).

If this enables you to fix the problem, please mark this as Solved; if not, please post again, reopening the question, and I'll attempt to render further assistance.

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-12:

#9

Thank you, that worked ! finally !.. but one more thing. When I boot up it doesn't automatically connect to the network , so i had to do the process all over again. i need to do it everytime i log into ubuntu?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said on 2011-06-12:

#10

Add the command it in the file

etc/rc.local

above the 'exit 0' line. It will run every boot and should be ok. You don't need to add sudo as the commands run as root and I suggest you add an ampersand to the end of the line so the command doesn't slow the boot process.

e.g.

ppoeconf &

Should do it (assuming ppoeconf is the command you need).

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dibyajyoti (dibyajyoti92) said on 2011-06-12:

#11

Thanks Eliah Kagan, that solved my question.

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