problem connecting kernel linux with earthlink DSL

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Date: 29 Jul 2004 16:34:41 -0700

Hello Everyone,

I have been trying to connect my linux box with my earthlink DSL.
Herebelow, I will try to explain each step I went through as elaborate
as possible so that you all can get clear picture of what I did. But
no luck. Following are the steps I did so far:
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1) After I typed "adsl-setup", it came as this: Welcome to the ADSL
setup...The following DSL config was found on your system:

Device: Name
ppp0 DSLppp0
ppp1 DSLppp1
ppp3 DSLppp3
ppp3 DSLppp3

notice: ppp3 was mentioned twice, It's not a typo. It exactly the way
it showed on the screen which is rather confusing to me.

Please enter the device if you want to config the present DSL
config(default ppp0) or enter 'n' if you want to create a new one:

I chose the default which is ppp0
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2)Enter your login name :

here I entered only the name not after the @ part of my e-mail
address. For Example: I entered 'newoxygenlife' , NOT '@yahoo.com'.
I'm not sure if that would make any difference or not. As i went
through some newsgroups, different people commented totally different
ways on this issue. Couple of people suggested to enter
'newoxygenlife', while the rest suggested to enter the whole e-mail
address.Ovbiously it made me confused and I chose to enter the
'newoxygenlife' only.
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3)Enter the Ethernet interface connected to the ADSL modem. For
solaris it's likely to be something like /dev/hme0. For Linux, it will
be ethX, where 'X' is a number.(default eth0):

I went for default(eth0) here as well.
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4)Do you want the link to come up on demand, or stay up continuously?
For your link to stay up permanently, enter 'no'
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):

I went for default here too. I don't have dynamic IP address(which is
extra $15). Therefore, I chose 'no' .
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5)DNS
Please enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server. If your
ISP claims that 'the server will provide dynamic DNS addresse', enter
'server' (all lower-case) here. if you just press enter, I will assume
you know what you are doing and not modify you DNS setup.
Enter the DNS information here:205.65.186.182 <- this is not the real
IP though, I used here only example.
Please enter the IP address ......for secondary
DNS:205.65.186.183<-again this is an example.

Please note that i tried both ways; typing 'server' and also typing
the DNS IP address(I had to call my ISP and get this IP address).
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6)PASSWORD

Please enter your password:

I entered the password for my e-mail address.

Please re-enter your password:

Entered again.
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7)USERCTRL
Please enter 'yes'(twho letters, lower case) if you want to allow
normal user to start or stop DSL connection:

I chose 'yes'
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8)Firewalling

0- no firewall
1- standalone
2- masquerade

I chose here 0 for my own reason. But I think it's changeable later
on.
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9)Start this connection at boot time

Do you want to start this conection at boot time? Please enter no or
yes:

I chose 'no'
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10)Here is the summary of what I have entered:

Ethernet interface: eth0
User name : newoxygenlife
Activate on demand: No
Primary DNS : 205.65.186.182
Secondary DNS : 205.65.186.183
Firewalling : None
User control : yes

Accept this setting and adjust config(y/n)?

I pressed 'y'.
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Then I typed 'adsl-start' , after may be 15-20 seconds, here is the
output:

'/sbin/adsl-start: line 217: 5564 terminated $connect "$@"
>/dev/nu
11 2>&1

The above line has been very frustrating for last several days. I
checked my cable, switched different cable too, no luck so far. But
one thing I have noticed, in each session each time I try to start
ADSL, the number after 217: (which is here 5564) keeps going up.

I have been feeling very helpless on this issue. Any type of help
would be appreciated. thank you.

ZaK

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