Quentin Garnier wrote:
> On Wed, May 25, 2005 at 06:00:01AM -0500, John Baber wrote:
> 
>>Hello,
>>
>>  netBSD is my first install of any *nix.  I'd like to use my DSL, but I'm 
>>too painfully ignorant.
>>
>>I can follow the directions at
>>
>>http://www.netbsd.org/Documentation/network/pppoe/
>>
>>and everything works.  But I can't actually use lynx or anything.  I 
>>noticed that it doesn't matter what I put for authname and authsecret, I 
>>get the same positive result.
>>
>>Where can I find an explanation, a walkthrough, or a book?
> 
> 
> First of all, what does lynx say?  "No route to host", "Unknown host"?
> Something else?
> 

Also, what does "everything works" mean?

And, are you positive that you need PPPoE and not just DHCP?

Can you ping your nameservers? Can you ping www.google.com?


-Tim