Fibre broadband connection without the router

[#1]

Hello All,
I am a new customer, migrated today from bethere. With bethere I had a static IP and the router set to bridge mode.
Now that I have a dedicated modem, I wonder can I just leave the Technicolor TG582n router out of the equation and connect my linux gateway directly tothe modem. The linux comp is connecting a small LAN to the internet. One problem I envisage, it seems I still have to supply the login/pass credentials, where will I enter them then? Thanks for any thoughts.
BW,
B

[#2]

This may help although it is for Windows
http://community.plus.net/library/broadband/fibre-help-setting-up-a-pppoe-dialler-for-windows-xp/
http://community.plus.net/library/broadband/fibre-help-how-to-set-up-a-pppoe-dialler-in-vistawindows...

[#3]

"Roaring Penguin" (or probably "rp-pppoe" in the repo) will handle the connection. Google for configuration if the man pages are inadequate

[#4]

Hi,
Thanks both.
pppoeconf is the package so install for debian based distros (btw it uses rp-pppoe). The standard settings were fine for me and the install script takes one through them.

[#5]

Great, that's something to file away in case I need it later on