Unable to Set Up PPPoE Dial-Up via Wi-Fi on Fedora 41, Missing `ppp-setup` Command**

frontier · April 24, 2025, 3:30am

Title: Unable to Set Up PPPoE Dial-Up via Wi-Fi on Fedora 41, Missing ppp-setup Command

Issue Description:

I can set up PPPoE dial-up via Ethernet using nmcli in my company network, but I am unable to set up PPPoE dial-up over Wi-Fi. The Wi-Fi is connected, and I can connect to my phone’s hotspot, so the wireless network card is working fine. I am using Fedora 41, and I cannot get online whether I use nmcli or configure rp-pppoe.

I have configured rp-pppoe according to the instructions as follows:

pty ‘/usr/sbin/pppoe -s -I wlo1’
sync
noauth
remotename myppp
name myname
noipdefault
nodetach
noaccomp
nodeflate
nopcomp
novj
novjccomp
lcp-echo-interval 10

Then I dial using the following command:
sudo pppd call myppp

The output is:
Using interface ppp1
Connect: ppp1 ↔ /dev/pts/5
CHAP authentication succeeded: Welcome to Drcom System:3157…
CHAP authentication succeeded
local IP address 192.168.132.122
remote IP address 192.168.159.254
local LL address fe80::…
remote LL address fe80::0…
pppoe: recv (receivePacket): Network is down

I remember that it worked on Fedora 39 or 40, and it also works on Debian 12, where rp-pppoe has the ppp-setup command. But now on Fedora 41, the rp-pppoe commands have changed significantly, and the ppp-setup command is missing.

Help Needed:

Why is the ppp-setup command missing in rp-pppoe on Fedora 41?
How can I resolve the issue of not being able to set up PPPoE dial-up over Wi-Fi?
Has this issue been resolved in Fedora 42?

leigh123linux · April 24, 2025, 6:07am

It isn’t missing, it was removed in version 4

github.com/dfskoll/rp-pppoe

doc/CHANGES

master


      
            lets you send control commands to the server while it is running; see the
            pppoe-server man page for details.
          
          - All source code: Many cleanups and use of standard types like uint16_t rather
            than ones we define.
          
          - All source code: Support for OSes other than Linux has been dropped.
          
          - Documentation: Updated for modern Linux systems.
          
          - Cleanup: The following old and obsolete files have been removed:
            - Old connection scripts scripts/pppoe-connect.in, scripts/pppoe-start.in,
              scripts/pppoe-init-suse.in, scripts/pppoe-setup.in, scripts/pppoe-status,
              scripts/pppoe-init.in, and scripts/pppoe-stop.in
            - Obsolete firewall scripts configs/firewall-standalone and
              configs/firewall-masq
            - Obsolete configuration files configs/pppoe.conf and configs/pap-secrets
            - The Tcl/Tk gui script gui/tkpppoe.in and supporting files
            - The RPM spec file rp-pppoe.spec
          
          Changes from version 3.14 to 3.15:

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