adsl connection with redhat 8.0

I have been trying to get rh8.0 working with adsl. I am able to get an IP address but unable to ping anything, even the DNS. Here is what I have done. Originally, I had this machine set up to link to a cable modem as my lan router and gateway to the internet. Everything was fine. I moved. I now have Alltel dsl. I am using a speedstream 5200 usb/ethernet adsl modem by efficient networks. I have tried a couple things. I ran the adsl-setup from the rh8 distribution. I got an IP address but nothing further. I ran roaring penguin's rp-pppoe...rpm and went through the setup again. This time I was timing out when trying to connect. No IP address with this. Reading a few more howtos, I decided to go back to the first try. So, I have an IP address again. The ppp0 connection is listed as the default route. I don't know if this is the same as the default gateway. Also, eth0 is listed as not active. I have been assuming this is the way I want it. Can anyone offer any help? Thanks.

Have you talked to your provider about install support via telephone?

There are other options but since I didn't see it in you msg. I thought I'd start there.

Is the DSL modem connected to your PC via ethernet or USB??

If its ethernet, then eth0 should show up when you run "ifconfig".

also, what output do you get with "iptables -L"?

Jason

I talked to my ISP. They were very nice, but naturally have no answers for Linux. I checked eth0, and it is inactive regardless if ppp0 is active or not. I tried to activate eth0 and could not. I should say that when I try to activate, it is through the GUI for network settings. eth0 does show up using ifconfig and looks good there, no dropped packets or anything. Yes, I am using the ethernet connection, not USB. Below is the output from iptables -L.
Thanks, Scott
Chain INPUT (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootps
INETIN all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain FORWARD (policy DROP)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- 192.168.0.0/24 anywhere
ACCEPT all -- anywhere 192.168.0.0/24

Chain OUTPUT (policy ACCEPT)
target prot opt source destination
INETOUT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain DMZIN (0 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain DMZOUT (0 references)
target prot opt source destination

Chain INETIN (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
TREJECT all -- anywhere anywhere state INVALID
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request limit: avg 1/sec burst 5
TREJECT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp echo-request
ACCEPT icmp -- anywhere anywhere icmp !echo-request
TCPACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpt:ssh
UDPACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:bootpc
UDPACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:6112
UDPACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:6119
UDPACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpt:4000
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere state ESTABLISHED
TCPACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
UDPACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere udp dpts:1024:65535 state RELATED
TREJECT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain INETOUT (1 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain LDROP (0 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG tcp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `TCP Dropped '
LOG udp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `UDP Dropped '
LOG icmp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `ICMP Dropped '
LOG all -f anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `FRAGMENT Dropped '
DROP all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain LREJECT (0 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG tcp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `TCP Rejected '
LOG udp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `UDP Rejected '
LOG icmp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `ICMP Dropped '
LOG all -f anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `FRAGMENT Rejected '
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

Chain LTREJECT (0 references)
target prot opt source destination
LOG tcp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `TCP Rejected '
LOG udp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `UDP Rejected '
LOG icmp -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level info prefix `ICMP Dropped '
LOG all -f anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `FRAGMENT Rejected '
REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
DROP icmp -- anywhere anywhere
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

Chain TCPACCEPT (2 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN limit: avg 20/sec burst 5
LOG tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `Possible SynFlood '
TREJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp flags:SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
ACCEPT tcp -- anywhere anywhere tcp flags:!SYN,RST,ACK/SYN
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `Mismatch in TCPACCEPT '
TREJECT all -- anywhere anywhere

Chain TREJECT (6 references)
target prot opt source destination
REJECT tcp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with tcp-reset
REJECT udp -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable
DROP icmp -- anywhere anywhere
REJECT all -- anywhere anywhere reject-with icmp-port-unreachable

Chain UDPACCEPT (5 references)
target prot opt source destination
ACCEPT udp -- anywhere anywhere
LOG all -- anywhere anywhere limit: avg 2/sec burst 5 LOG level warning prefix `Mismatch on UDPACCEPT '
TREJECT all -- anywhere anywhere

For some closure on this, I thought I would post. After thinking about the routing I was
asked about and looking around a bit, I realized my firewall was using eth0 as the default
gateway instead of ppp0. I changed this in the firewall script and ping packets were
flowing beautifully. That part seems fine now.

I am using the same kind of modem/router as you from the same company. I have tried to use the Roaring Penguin RP-PPPOE, but am getting timed out as you were before you got connected.
How can you check if eth0 is the default gateway instead of ppp0? How can you change this in the firewall script? I am a complete newbie at this Linux stuff. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

use route commnad like this :

route add default gw XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX

you can use route to add/delete routing entiries to your routing table.

afrolinux

newbie here,
how do i install the drivers for the speedstream adsl modem ?

i just got fedora 4 and im using a speedstream 5200 and i wish to use it on a USB is this possible. is there a place to get the driver if so?