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  You can use the "plog" command to see the status or "ip addr show ppp0" for general interface info.
  You can use the "plog" command to see the status or "ip addr show ppp0" for general interface info.


== undo ==


Uninstall pppoeconf
== Undo and Reverse Changes to your Linux Mint system after using pppoeconf ==
The pppoeconf utility was tested and used successfully on a Linux Mint 19.2 installation with a PC that had a wired Ethernet controller and a Wireless controller also.  The wireless controller is not relevant to this example.


To remove just pppoeconf package itself from Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) execute on terminal:
The owner of the system no longer needed to use pppoeconf on the system after purchasing a router/firewall appliance. However, it was no longer possible to configure the network settings from the Mint applet.
 
sudo apt-get remove pppoeconf
 
Uninstall pppoeconf and it's dependent packages
 
To remove the pppoeconf package and any other dependant package which are no longer needed from Ubuntu Xenial.
 
sudo apt-get autoremove pppoeconf
 
Purging pppoeconf
 
If you also want to delete configuration and/or data files of pppoeconf from Ubuntu Xenial then this will work:
 
  sudo apt-get purge pppoeconf
 
To delete configuration and/or data files of pppoeconf and it's dependencies from Ubuntu Xenial then execute:
 
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge pppoeconf
 
In Linux Mint 19.2 the file /etc/network/interfaces was modified by pppoeconf
sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces

Revision as of 15:50, 4 December 2020

The ncurses utility PPPoE/ADSL - PPP over ethernet driver. pppoeconf Configures PPP/ADSL connections. 


pppoe clamp MSS at 1452 bytes  (If you still get problems described above try setting to 1412 in the dsl-provider file.)
Now, you can make a DSL connection with "pon dsl-provider" and terminate it with "poff".  
You can use the "plog" command to see the status or "ip addr show ppp0" for general interface info.


Undo and Reverse Changes to your Linux Mint system after using pppoeconf

The pppoeconf utility was tested and used successfully on a Linux Mint 19.2 installation with a PC that had a wired Ethernet controller and a Wireless controller also. The wireless controller is not relevant to this example.

The owner of the system no longer needed to use pppoeconf on the system after purchasing a router/firewall appliance. However, it was no longer possible to configure the network settings from the Mint applet.

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