Bug 59376

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Description of problem:
Support is missing for PPPoA ADSL users.
Also missing pppoatm.so plugin for ppp (see another open bug for this one)

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):


How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Try to use neat to setup a PPPoA ADSL connexion! Not listed.
2.
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Actual Results:  No way to setup my ADSL cnx.

Expected Results:  Support for my ADSL cnx.

Additional info:

I own an Alcatel Speed Touch USB ADSL modem, provided by France Telecom for use
with its ADSL service (Wanadoo).

- Alactel Speed Touch support is not included in RH7.2 (Mandrake does include
support, but you've to add a closed source binary by yourself)

- pppoatm.so plugin for ppp is missing in RH7.2

- as of kernel-2.4.9-13, PPP over ATM is correctly included wrt the kernel


To make my modem work under RH7.2, I had to:
- get sarlib-0.2.4 (ATM support lib), speedtouch-1.5.tar (kernel module),
speedmgmt.tar.gz (this last one is closed source IIRC)
- compile sarlib and speedtouch
- install speedmgmt.tar.gz and speedtouch kernel module
- include the correct line in /etc/hotplug/usb.usermap
- add a modprobe -k pppoatm in /etc/hotplug/usb/speedtouch, plus a sleep 3
before starting speedmgmt

Then for the ADSL cnx:
- downgrade ppp to a one including pppoatm.so plugin
- create /etc/ppp/peers/ppp0 with:
lock
defaultroute
noipdefault 
noauth 
passive
asyncmap 0
lcp-echo-interval  2
lcp-echo-failure   7
name <username>
user <username>
usepeerdns

plugin /usr/lib/pppd/plugins/pppoatm.so
8.35 
- create a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 with
DEVICE=ppp0
NAME=ADSL
USERCTL=true
ONBOOT=no
PERSIST=no
DEFROUTE=yes
DEMAND=no
DEVNAME=ppp0
- change /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifdown-post to remove the following line:
rm -f /etc/ppp/peers/$DEVICE


Conclusion: PPPoA ADSL could be better supported!

Thanks,

Cedric Maion