mint@mint ~ $ sudo cat /var/log/syslog | grep pppd
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4063]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4064]: pppd 2.4.6 started by root, uid 0
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4064]: PPP session is 4219
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4064]: Connected to 00:25:90:e0:7e:ca via interface eth0
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4064]: Using interface ppp0
Apr 28 15:11:06 localhost pppd[4064]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth0
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: PAP authentication succeeded
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: peer from calling number 00:25:90:E0:7E:CA authorized
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: local  IP address 79.119.208.88
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: remote IP address 10.0.0.1
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: primary   DNS address 193.231.252.1
Apr 28 15:11:09 localhost pppd[4064]: secondary DNS address 213.154.124.1
mint@mint ~ $ ifconfig
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 6c:f0:49:e0:73:a3
          inet6 addr: fe80::6ef0:49ff:fee0:73a3/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:15745 errors:0 dropped:1 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11222 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:1
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:14658271 (13.9 MiB)  TX bytes:1650903 (1.5 MiB)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:65536  Metric:1
          RX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:64 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:5184 (5.0 KiB)  TX bytes:5184 (5.0 KiB)

ppp0      Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
          inet addr:79.119.208.88  P-t-P:10.0.0.1  Mask:255.255.255.255
          UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST  MTU:1492  Metric:1
          RX packets:15173 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:11070 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:3
          RX bytes:14185342 (13.5 MiB)  TX bytes:1383922 (1.3 MiB)

mint@mint ~ $ iwconfig
ppp0      no wireless extensions.

lo        no wireless extensions.

eth0      no wireless extensions.

mint@mint ~ $ cat /etc/hosts
127.0.0.1       localhost mint
::1             localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback
fe00::0         ip6-localnet
ff00::0         ip6-mcastprefix
ff02::1         ip6-allnodes
ff02::2         ip6-allrouters
mint@mint ~ $ cat /etc/resolv.conf
# Dynamic resolv.conf(5) file for glibc resolver(3) generated by resolvconf(8)
#     DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE BY HAND -- YOUR CHANGES WILL BE OVERWRITTEN
nameserver 193.231.252.1
nameserver 213.154.124.1
mint@mint ~ $ cat /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback


auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up /bin/ip link set eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
mint@mint ~ $