Linux setup for Alice ADSL

Here how I setup the ADSL connection with Alice; the first steps are necessary only if you still have to register to the service.
Not very smart maybe, but it works.

- Connect the ADSL modem via the ethernet interface (here eth0).

- You must have the program pppoe. In this example it was located in /usr/sbin/pppoe

- Edit the file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and add the following line:
aliceadsl * aliceadsl

- Edit the file /etc/hosts and add the following lines:
81.74.238.6 www.rossoalice.it
81.74.238.6 www.lacasadialice.it

- Create the connection script, for example /usr/local/bin/pppalice, with these commands:
xterm -T "pppd" -n "log pppd" -e tail -f /var/log/ppp.log &
pppd logfile /var/log/ppp.log pty '/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0' noipdefault default route hide-password passive persist name aliceadsl user 'aliceadsl' noauth
(the first line is only to have a look to the log messages, it's not stricty necessary).
Set execute permission to the script file (chmod 755 /usr/local/bin/pppalice) and run it as root.

If the connection succeed, in the file /var/log/ppp.log you should see something like this:
  pppoe: read (asyncReadFromPPP): Session 9980: Input/output error
  Using interface ppp0
  Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts/1
  PAP authentication succeeded
  Cannot determine ethernet address for proxy ARP
  local  IP address 82.52.20.133
  remote IP address 192.168.100.1

- Now, open a web browser and connect to www.rossoalice.it. It's not easy to find, but if you click here and there you will end up in a registration form. Fill it with your information and define your username (for instance edoardo.martelli@aliceposta.it) and your password (in this example: MyPassWord).

- Stop the connection (kill -INT `cat /var/run/ppp0.pid`)

- Edit again the file /etc/ppp/pap-secrets, delete the line
aliceadsl * aliceadsl
and add the line:
edoardo.martelli@aliceposta.it   *  MyPassWord
You can also remove the lines previously added to /etc/hosts.

- Edit /etc/resolv.conf and add the lines:
nameserver 212.216.112.112
nameserver 212.216.172.62

- Edit the connection scripts (/usr/local/bin/pppalice) and change the user from aliceadsl to edoardo.martelli@aliceposta.it:
pppd  logfile /var/log/ppp.log pty '/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0' noipdefault default route hide-password passive persist name aliceadsl user 'edoardo.martelli@aliceposta.it' noauth

Run the script again, and you should be online.

The files mentioned are that of a Debian distribution. Other Linux distributions can have them located in different directories.

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