GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 362482
PPPoE support for NetworkManager
Last modified: 2008-04-27 21:45:13 UTC
NetworkManager really does make life easier for everybody out there that need to often roam between different networks. However, it really annoys me I can't connect directly via PPPoE through a network interface. I've always to disable NetworkManager and bring the connection up by hand. Moreover, when I try to connect to my wireless router in order to connect via PPPoE, NetworkManager tries to use dhcp to get an IP address, and calls wpa_supplicant even if I specify to use WEP; for some strange reason NetworkManager climbs up to 100% CPU usage. I'm a programmer, and I'd like to contribute to NetworkManager. Maybe if some of you could point me in the right direction, I could work on this a little and come up with a patch. Is there any documentation about the architecture of NetworkManager? It doesn't seem overly-complicated, but having something to read about it could speed things up. Looking at the source, I also noted that in Gentoo, modems/isdn devices aren't searched for (at least at a quick glance). Maybe I could contribute there too, if someone lends a hand. Thanks!
*** Bug 386461 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
A lot of ISPs in Norway use this protocol for DSL connections, but I've also noticed that there are some wireless ISPs that use PPPoE over Wifi to authenticate users. Supernet in Norway comes to mind: http://www.supernet.no/support.php
Sort of reliant on bug 348330 to get fixed...
A similar bug has been reported to ubuntu. Do you use pppoeconf? It looks like pppoeconf generates a line with the name of the ethernet device that makes network manager ignore it. https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/157993 Maybe you can check if the workaround proposed in comment #7 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/network-manager/+bug/157993/comments/7 works for you.
0.7 has support for PPPoE connections.