проблема следующего характера:
делаю adsl-setup:
bash-3.00# adsl-setup

...

>>> Enter your PPPoE user name (default nir0): nir0

INTERFACE

...

(default eth0): eth0

...

>>> Enter the demand value (default no): no

DNS

...

>>> Enter the DNS information here:

PASSWORD

>>> Please enter your PPPoE password:
>>> Please re-enter your PPPoE password:

FIREWALLING

...

The firewall choices are:
0 - NONE: This script will not set any firewall rules.  You are responsible
          for ensuring the security of your machine.  You are STRONGLY
          recommended to use some kind of firewall rules.
1 - STANDALONE: Appropriate for a basic stand-alone web-surfing workstation
2 - MASQUERADE: Appropriate for a machine acting as an Internet gateway
                for a LAN
>>> Choose a type of firewall (0-2): 0

** Summary of what you entered **

Ethernet Interface: eth0
User name:          nir0
Activate-on-demand: No
DNS:                Do not adjust
Firewalling:        NONE

>>> Accept these settings and adjust configuration files (y/n)? y
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf
Adjusting /etc/ppp/pap-secrets and /etc/ppp/chap-secrets
  (But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/pap-secrets-bak)
  (But first backing it up to /etc/ppp/chap-secrets-bak)

Congratulations, it should be all set up!

Type 'adsl-start' to bring up your ADSL link and 'adsl-stop' to bring
it down.  Type 'adsl-status' to see the link status.

вроде прошло... далее:

bash-3.00# adsl-start
...............................TIMED OUT

при этом (с редактированием):
bash-3.00# tcpdump
tcpdump: verbose output suppressed, use -v or -vv for full protocol decode
listening on eth0, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet), capture size 96 bytes
15:50:11.118014 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  24549+ PTR? 255.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (44)
15:50:15.376807 IP 205.188.9.88.aol > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32946: P 3270276630:3270276737(107) ack 4226631240 win 16384
15:50:15.376837 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32946 > 205.188.9.88.aol: . ack 107 win 32767
15:50:16.117542 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  24549+ PTR? 255.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (44)
15:50:16.198871 IP 192.168.1.1.domain > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826:  24549 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (141)
15:50:16.199128 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  57217+ PTR? 95.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (43)
15:50:16.279617 IP 192.168.1.1.domain > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826:  57217 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (140)
15:50:16.279926 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  37159+ PTR? 1.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (42)
15:50:16.360266 IP 192.168.1.1.domain > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826:  37159 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (139)
15:50:16.360736 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  36460+ PTR? 88.9.188.205.in-addr.arpa. (43)
15:50:16.747728 IP 192.168.1.1.domain > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826:  36460 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (136)
15:50:18.321078 arp who-has 192.168.1.99 tell 192.168.1.95
15:50:18.321302 IP BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826 > 192.168.1.1.domain:  51034+ PTR? 99.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. (43)
15:50:18.402292 IP 192.168.1.1.domain > BIGSTAR.workgroup.32826:  51034 NXDomain* 0/1/0 (140)
15:50:21.698081 PPPoE PADI [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0xA60E0000]
15:50:21.698315 PPPoE PADO [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0xA60E0000] [AC-Name "baltika5.puver.ru"] [AC-Cookie 0x864FFF80]
15:50:21.698346 PPPoE PADR [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0xA60E0000] [AC-Cookie 0x864FFF80]
15:50:21.698475 PPPoE PADS [ses 0xb0b9] [Service-Name] [Host-Uniq 0xA60E0000] [AC-Cookie 0x864FFF80] [AC-Name "baltika5.puver.ru"]
15:50:22.698551 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 1, MRU  1492, Magic-Num  0xadd3493c, length 14
15:50:22.698965 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 1, MRU  1450, Magic-Num  0xfdce9c13, Auth-Prot  PAP, length 36
15:50:22.699348 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Ack (0x02), id 1, MRU  1450, Magic-Num  0xfdce9c13, Auth-Prot  PAP, length 18
15:50:25.701034 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 1, MRU  1492, Magic-Num  0xadd3493c, length 14
15:50:25.701410 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Request (0x01), id 2, MRU  1450, Magic-Num  0x81ea2412, Auth-Prot  PAP, length 36
15:50:25.702856 PPPoE  [ses 0xb0b9] LCP, Conf-Ack (0x02), id 2, MRU  1450, Magic-Num  0x81ea2412, Auth-Prot  PAP, length 18

в общем, общение идёт, результата 0.

может, кто подскажет что прописать в /etc/ppp/options или /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf