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How can I set up my DSL connection on Ubuntu 16.04? The way I set up a DSL connection in Ubuntu 14.04 is not working in Ubuntu 16.04.

I solved my problem through following steps:

1. go to terminal


2. type sudo pppoeconf


3. it will ask some question, press yes


4. when you want to start internet just type sudo pon dsl-provider to connect to internet


5. type this to turn it off sudo poff
   

Just run sudo pppoeconf in terminal.
Then give your username and password in popup windows.

I was having the same problem yesterday, and I tried all the above options but this did not work.
However, today, after comparing the dsl-provider file on my Ubuntu 16.04 computer with the file that has the same name on my Debian 8.8 computer, I noticed that there was an error in the Ubuntu file.
So I fixed the file this way:

# Minimalistic default options file for DSL/PPPoE connections



noipdefault

defaultroute

replacedefaultroute

hide-password

#lcp-echo-interval 30

#lcp-echo-failure 4

noauth

persist

#mtu 1492

#persist

#maxfail 0

#holdoff 20

plugin rp-pppoe.so

nic-enp3s0f1

usepeerdns

user "XXXXXXX"

where XXXXXXX is my mailbox provider.

This tutorial is going to show you how to setup a PPPoE connection in Ubuntu from the terminal.

1. 
   

   Open up your terminal and type the following command to set your PPPoE connection.

   
   
   

   nmcli con edit type pppoe con-name “YOUR_CONNECTION_NAME”
   
   

   
   


2. 
   

   Enter your DSL account and password provided by your ISP and save your settings in the following commands.

   
   
   

   set pppoe.username YOUR_DSL_ACCOUNT_USERNAME
   
   set pppoe.password YOUR_DSL_ACCOUNT_PASSWORD
   
   save
   
   

   
   
   

   Then it will prompt asking:

   
   
   

   Saving the connection with ‘autoconnect=yes’. That might result in immediate activation of the connection.    
   
   Do you still want to save? (yes/no). 
   
   

   
   
   

   Type yes and quit.

   
   
   

   

   
   


3. 
   

   Finally, select DSL connection from the network settings menu to establish the connection.

   
   
   

   
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References: https://medium.com/@dineshsonachalam/creating-a-dsl-connection-on-ubuntu-18-04-1-lts-c5b7845beea0

Edit the file:

$ sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces

By adding to it:

auto lo eth0 

iface lo loopback eth0 inet dhcp

After restart network-manager:

$ sudo service network-manager restart