no DSL devices setup in YAST

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I recently upgraded to opensuse 13.2 from 13.1 using Zypper.
I normally run the internet connection through a router to a modem, as I have more than 1 machine connected to the internet.
I have been having some troubles with my internet speeds and connection issues and my isp has requested that I setup my internet connection to just the modem with only one machine connected. I have done this before by going to Yast>DSL Devices and providing my isp’s info and my username and password and then connecting to the modem only, rebooting and on starting the dsl[pppoe] connection is made.
My problem is this: In 13.2 YAST does not contain a section called DSL devices and there is nowhere, that I can find, to enter my isp info for that DSL[pppoe] connection.
I have done some searching and found these two posts:

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/502199-UPGRADING-REMOVES-PPPOE-(13-1-gt-13-2)

Post #6

rafter22 says “Anyone using PPPoE to connect to the internet, download the rpm for rp-pppoe BEFORE running the upgrade”

So would this mean that I would download/install this rpm while still in 13.1 ? [if 13.1 has the dsl devices in Yast, would this rpm carry over to the 13.2 upgrade(done thru zypper)?]

I found a one-click install for rp-pppoe [openSUSE Software] and did that. I then rebooted but nothing seems to have changed.

Post #7

cdugal to getting a working PPPoE connection on boot using pppd and systemd

I tried following cdugal’s advice but I am not sure what to put in for my information. What I did put in did not work, so it must have been wrong.

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=903553
In the above bug report at the end [comment #12] Reinhard Max says:

> It will be quite easy to solve for 13.2, we just need assign this bug to
> ppp’s maintainer, and tell him to add rp-pppoe as a Requires.

I** just verified that pppd does not need the rp-pppoe package for creating pppoe connections in 13.2** by manually executing “pppd call myisp debug” with the content of /etc/ppp/peers/myisp as follows:

--- snip ---
plugin rp-pppoe.so
eth1
user "myUserName"
password "myPassWord"
--- snap ---

So if there is a regression in 13.2, the bug must be in the components that configure/execute pppd (or try to call pppoed instead), but not in the ppp package itself or in its dependencies.

Is there any further information on how to get the pppoe working on opensuse 13.2? Must I reinstall 13.1 and upgrade from there to get DSL devices [pppoe] back in Yast as suggested by rafter22 or is cdugal correct in his guide or is Reinhard Max correct in saying that the rp-pppoe rpm is not needed? Or are they all correct and I just need to pick one. Not trying to be funny, I am slightly befuddled by all this info.
Is it possible to get Network Manager running and setup a pppoe connection thru there?
Thanks

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Hi
Have you tried (as your user);


nm-connection-editor

I’m guessing your on KDE, this works in GNOME to provide dsl…

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If you’re happy to use NetworkManager, you can get a DSL configured by following the advice given here

http://unsolicitedbutoffered.blogspot.co.nz/2014/11/opensuse-132-englightenment-pppoe-wi-fi.html

*It was aimed at Enlightenment users, but for the most-part is not DE specific.

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On 2015-01-27 04:06, LaQuirrELL wrote:
>
> I recently upgraded to opensuse 13.2 from 13.1 using Zypper.
> I normally run the internet connection through a router to a modem, as I
> have more than 1 machine connected to the internet.
> I have been having some troubles with my internet speeds and connection
> issues and my isp has requested that I setup my internet connection to
> just the modem with only one machine connected.

Of course. And if you don’t connect anything at all, and keep paying,
they will be even happier. Good grief! :-/

That advice is totally unacceptable.

Normal ISPs give you an access router, that connects to the cable or
telephone network on their side, and provides you with 4 ethernet mouths
and a WiFi.

Years ago they gave you a thing with a single ethernet port, and wanted
you to buy an extra telephone line for each computer. No kidding: a
friend of mine had business with an office in which they had each
computer with a complete telephone connection with modem, and no
intranet at all. 30 phone lines, 30 modems, 30 contracts. Worse: the
business had not yet started activity, and only one desk had a human
working and using that “internet thing”. 29 empty desks, waiting. But
paying.

The ISP was very happy!

I understand that my friend, after the surprise, took over the
contracts. ISP switch and revenue for him instead. Both sides happy, but
not the previous ISP.

Your ISP is doing the same kind of thing to you.

–
Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 13.1 x86_64 “Bottle” at Telcontar)

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Actually I asked

Is that why i couldn’t find anywhere to set up my DSL account?
in reply to the first post in that thread.

https://forums.opensuse.org/showthread.php/502199-UPGRADING-REMOVES-PPPOE-(13-1-gt-13-2)?p=2673411#post2673411Not being able to set up my DSL connection is what keeps me on openSUSE 13.1.

Someday I’ll print out that post and try again, or take the plunge and update to Verizon FiOS.

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Well, if you don’t mind using NetworkManager, DSL connection configuration is possible with the connection editor.