Comment 6 for bug 394218

believe me , I tried that many times , it doesn't create any connection , I
tried that under 8.04, 8.10 and 9.04 ; it doesn't work. i have to use sudo
pppoeconf , and all people i know use this method because network manager
doesn't support very well this old technology.

On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 5:23 PM, Tony Espy <email address hidden> wrote:

> Network Manager 0.7.x added support for DSL modems.
>
> In order to set up a DSL connection, you need to use "Edit Connections",
> click on the "DSL" tab, and create a new configuration.
>
> As I don't have a DSL modem present, I can't really test it myself, but
> I've verified that the "DSL" tab exists and seems functional in both
> Jaunty ( NM 0.7.1~ ) and Karmic ( NM 0.8~ ).
>
> Unless there's any reasonable objection, I'd like to mark this as
> Invalid.
>
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> Network-Manager doesn't support pppoe connections
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/394218
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> of the bug.
>
> Status in NetworkManager: Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> Hi everybody;
>
> People who use PPPoE connection need to use pppoeconf tool in terminal so
> as to create a connection using old routers. Why do we not include that in
> network manager by making it support this kind of connections.
>

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