[SOLVED] Setting up a DSL router?

Hello there.
I am having trouble setting up my DSL router with Archlinux. It is currently running with Vista and has all the correct settings already configured. I am unsure of how to properly set it up and have tried various configurations which resulted in pppoe-start timing out, sometimes with an error. I have two network cards (One integrated into my Asus A8V motherboard and the other a 3com.) I am not sure which is eth0 and which is eth1 but I set rc.conf to eth0 and tried both.
The DSL router is a Dynalink RTA1320 which I believe runs a version of linux with a 2.4.x kernel.
Isn't including the login and DNS addresses when running pppoe-setup unneccesary as the router is already set up with them? I have setup the router's IP address (192.168.1.1) as the default gateway.
Last setting tried was:
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
routes=(!gateway)
I have also tried routes=(gateway).
Any advice?
Last edited by Phineas (2008-03-15 23:22:34)

Thankyou everyone for your help. I re-installed Arch ("oh those newbies!") and then went straight to configuring rc.conf without using pppoe-setup. I have configured rc.conf like so:
lo="lo 127.0.0.1"
eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0"
ROUTES=(!gateway)
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng network netfs crond dhcpd)
My 3com network card's module was already listed first in the modules for Linux to load (Google helped me find out what my card's module is.) Also, http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=45065 was helpful.
I rebooted with the router plugged in. No error message came up after NETWORK as it started. Ping www.google.com worked!
"I'm in my way, from misery to happiness..."
Last edited by Phineas (2008-07-03 01:36:47)

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Edited by: totalnewby on Jun 12, 2010 10:53 AM

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Edited by: totalnewby on Jun 12, 2010 10:53 AM=================================
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> Rudolf Thilo wrote:
> Hello James.
>> In Craig's book, there is a sample
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>> But I don't know I can setup Master VPN
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