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 <para>When configuring your connection, you will need to have your
 ISPs nameserver information availible , as well as your username and
 password.  You will also be asked wether you want to configure a
+dial-on-demand or a constant connection.  If your service provider does
 not charge by the minute, it is usually good to have a bootscript handle
 the connection for you.  You can, of course, choose not to install the
+ISP's nameserver information availible, as well as your username and
+password.  You will also be asked whether to configure a dial-on-demand
+or a constant connection.  If your service provider does not charge by
+the minute, it is usually good to have a bootscript handle the
+connection for you.  You can, of course, choose not to install the
 following script, and start your connection manually with the
 <filename>adsl-start</filename> script.</para>

connect/other/pppoe/pppoe-desc.xml

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 <sect3><title>adsl-status</title><para>Displays the status of the adsl
 connection</para></sect3>
+connection.</para></sect3>
 <sect3><title>adsl-stop</title><para>Stops the client.</para></sect3>
 <sect3><title>pppoe</title><para>This is the actual client itself.
 Generally it should not be started on it's own</para></sect3>
+<sect3><title>pppoe</title><para>This is the client itself.
+Generally it should not be started on it's own.</para></sect3>
 <sect3><title>pppoe-relay</title><para>Starts the server relay

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 <title>Command explanations</title>
 <para>These are the standard instalation commands that will install into
+<para>These are the standard installation commands that will install into
 the <userinput>/usr</userinput> prefix.  You can optionally use the
 <userinput>'go'</userinput> script in the root of the source tree, to
 run the exact same commands, which are then, imediately followed by the
+run the exact same commands, which are then, immediately followed by the
 <userinput>adsl-setup</userinput> script.</para>

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7	7	./configure &&
8	8	make &&
9		make install ~~&&~~</userinput></screen></para>
	9	make install</userinput></screen></para>
10	10
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 Estimated Disk space required:  &pppoe-buildsize;</screen>
 <para>The Roaring Penguin PPPoE package contains both a client, and a
 userspace server componenet that runs works with the client. The
 client allows you to connect to large networks that use the PPPoE protocol,
 common among ADSL providers.  The server component runs along side the
 client, allowing you configure other clients that send out a configuration
+<para>The Roaring Penguin PPPoE package contains both a client and a
+server componenet that works with the client. The client allows you
+to connect to large networks that use the PPPoE protocol, common among
+ADSL providers.  The server component runs along side the client,
+allowing you to configure other clients that send out a configuration
 request.</para>
 …
 <para>In addition, if you plan to use demand dialing, or kernel mode
+PPPoE, you need to patch ppp-2.4.1 and re-install.</para>
+<para>The patch can be downloaded from here:
+<ulink url="&hfile-root;/ppp-2.4.1-pppoe-4.patch"/></para>
+PPPoE, you need to patch ppp-2.4.1 and re-install using the standard
+BLFS instructions.  The patch can be downloaded from here:
+<ulink url="&hfile-root;/ppp-2.4.1-pppoe-4.patch"/>.   Additional
+information about kernel mode PPPoE can be found in
+<filename>rp-pppoe-3.5/doc/KERNEL-MODE-PPPOE</filename>.</para>
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