Establishing a connection with a username/password (cable)

[SumoX]

Well my university decided to change it's internet service (and they didn't tell us this until AFTER they did it :x) and now I have a username and password I need to put in.

I fiddled around in the network configurations but I couldn't find any place to put them. This is a broadband connection, so I'm not sure if KPPP (or whatever the dialup one is called) is the correct one to use.

Any help?

[antik]

Well my university decided to change it's internet service (and they didn't tell us this until AFTER they did it :x) and now I have a username and password I need to put in.

What is your network architecture? What you mean by cable?

[SumoX]

Sorry, I should've said it was broadband internet, just to be clear that I'm not using a dialup modem.

As far as the 'architecture,' I'm not really sure what you mean.

[antik]

Sorry, I should've said it was broadband internet, just to be clear that I'm not using a dialup modem.

As far as the 'architecture,' I'm not really sure what you mean.

I mean TV/Cable, ADSL or LAN with PPPoE authentification, Squid authentification, VPN?

[SumoX]

PPPoE is what I had to use to get it working on Windows.

[dracheflieger]

PPPoE is what I had to use to get it working on Windows.

Try this (http://faqs.pcbsd.org/6_17_en.html?highlight=pppoe), by Charles

[SumoX]

Tried the link- I keep getting the error "cannot connect to X server" or something like that when I try to put in "kdesu kwrite (ect)".

Any ideas?

[dracheflieger]

Tried the link- I keep getting the error "cannot connect to X server" or something like that when I try to put in "kdesu kwrite (ect)".

Any ideas?

Something pooched in your install or some mods you've made since installing. Try opening in konsole and then using ee to modify/create the files you need, as the article suggests.

[antik]

Tried the link- I keep getting the error "cannot connect to X server" or something like that when I try to put in "kdesu kwrite (ect)".

Any ideas?

You are trying to start kdesu from root account, yes? Try as plain user.

[SumoX]

I tried antik's suggestion to gain access to files and it worked.

However, if you haven't been reading the news, there was an earthquake near Taiwan that severed a lot of the internet connections from Asia. So while I still think it's not working for me, I can't be sure until the internet becomes stable.

I'll let you know after I can be sure.

[SumoX]

Just saying that it worked.

Thanks for the help guys.

[varaahan]

I tried the same link to get my pppoe connection working but in vain.