How do I set up a PPPoE connection?

Question

I have a new broadband connection and i want to connect it using ubuntu. I have a user name and a password, nothing more.

I want to know how to connect to such network, how to create the connection?

Answer 1

You have two options for PPPoE as I understand from your question.

Option 1

DSL provided by Network Manager. Just go to Edit Connections… in the Network Settings and you will see DSL on the last tab and Add the connection.

Option 2

In your terminal type sudo pppoeconf and follow the instruction and setup the connection. You can control the connection with sudo pon and sudo poff.

Answer 2

If someone looking for the PPPOe setup for Ubuntu 20.04LTS , h may not find that option in Setting>Network as i have given a picture of my Ubuntu 20.04!

There is no option for DSL/PPPOe and i don't know why!

You can create using these commands :

nmcli con edit type pppoe con-name "interface_name"

set pppoe.username isp_provided_username

set pppoe.password isp_provided_password

save

Answer 3

I solved this problem by setting up a DSL Connection.

1. Make sure your wired network, is set to automatic DHCP.
2. Create a DSL Connection.. and provide your username & password. (For me, I didn't had to change any of my PPPOE Settings)
3. Save the Connection
4. Connect using the DSL connection you just created

Answer 4

Setup a manual Ethernet connection ..

Try the instructions for Mac OS-X (page 4.) for the IP address settings.

http://www.ubnt.com/downloads/Nano_Quick_Set-up.pdf

best guess on these settings for Ubuntu: (and you should enable 'Connect automatically')