Frequently Asked Question

To setup an xDSL connection with only a DSL Modem in bridge mode using Linux you need the latest roaring penguin pppoe client, most modern Linux distros include this package, for RPM based OS's type

rpm -q rp-pppoe, for others and in case the rpm -q test failed, type locate adsl-start if you have it, no need to install it as the other utilities should be there as well.

Download roaring penguin client https://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/  extract the contents and then CD into the directory and type 

./configure && make && make install

Now run adsl-setup and answer the questions. You'll need your login details, password DNS server IP's

Once your done run adsl-start if all is well simply add adsl-start into your start-up scripts.

If Using the RPM version of roaring penguin you can (if it doesn't already exist) go to /usr/share/doc/rp-pppoe* and cp adsl-init /etc/init.d, chmod it +x and c issue chkconfig --add adsl-init and chkconfig adsl-init on so if you ever reboot it will come up auto-magically. start and stop services now by service adsl.init start(stop)