Hi,
dead simple and horribly complicated at the same time
I used the PPPoE setup util you already discovered, but that was after going to debian-unstable. Right now, I am on a fresh Lindows, so let us have a look here.
Open a Console.
apt-get update
apt-get install pppoeconf
ppoeconf
follow the instructions. Should be fine. pon and poff will connect/disconnect, you can also have it connect on boot, have a look at /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot.dsl which you can rename or copy to /etc/ppp/ppp_on_boot.
Manual method:
Go to /etc/ppp. vi your pap-secrets and add your password in cleartext at the very end.
Go to /etc/ppp/peers. vi dsl-provider and change the line that says user and so on to be uncommented and have your real username. Then, copy dsl-provider to provider.
You should now be able to "pon" to connect and "poff" to disconnect. But, you still do not have DNS. So, after your pon, do a plog, jot your nameserver(s) down, stick them into /etc/resolv.conf as
nameserver IP
entries, above any local nameserver entries you might have, and off you go.
Hope that helps.
DawnWolf, Darkwolven's main squeeze