[gentoo-user] Help with rp-pppoe/adsl...

Okay, guys, this is really driving me nuts...

I've got this wonderful new Sangoma S518 ADSL modem card for my server.
I'm ready to get this thing working, but it's giving me fits.

Basically I need to use their wanpipe software for the card access.  That
part is fine.  It starts up and reports that it is connected.

Once it's up, ifconfig reports the device is up and it is an ethernet card.

That's where my success ends.

Rp-pppoe is set up to use the card but it cannot connect.  It reports a timeout
waiting for PAD0 responses.  Bummer.

So I was thinking it may be a routing, firewall, or general networking issue.

First routing.  When I try to define it as the default route using "route add
-net 0.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.255 dev w1ad" (where w1ad is the device name),
route reports "SIOCADDRT: No such device", which is odd because ifconfig shows
it in the list.

Firewalling had no problems adjusting rules for the device, which again makes
me question the route error above.

For the general networking thing, I'm uncertain what the exact sequence of
things that occur when a network interface is started via /etc/init.d/net.*.
When/how is a route added?

Also the /etc/conf.d/net example has references to allowing adsl via a line
such as:

config_w1ad=( "adsl" )

But when I make a copy of net.eth0 to /etc/init.d/net.w1ad and then try to
start it it complains about not knowing how to start this type of interface;
if it's not supported, why add comments to /etc/conf.d/net about it?  If it
should be working, what do I need to do to fix the problem?

Any assistance that you can throw my way will be *greatly* appreciated.

Thanks

Dave

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