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060611 Francisco J. A. Ares wrote: |
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> Could anyone point me to some resource or share his/her "/etc/conf.d/net*" ? |
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> I was using the old "/etc/init.d/rp-pppoe" script to start/stop adsl |
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> but I did an "emerge world" ... |
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Always a bad idea (smile). |
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> ... without looking at the messages |
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> that now the "net" script should handle all possible types of connection, |
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> so now I don't know how to configure it. |
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The dox are not quite adequate: I filed a bug & got the usual snotty answer. |
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I needed 3 things to get it working : |
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(1) in /etc/init.d , delete the old net.ppp0 (or rename it neutrally) |
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& do 'ln -s net.lo net.ppp0' ; |
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(2) do 'rc-update del net.eth0 default' 'rc-update add net.ppp0 default' |
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(this is the bit which isn't adequately documented: anyone would think |
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that both are simply symlinks to net.lo so what's the difference ? |
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but in fact, it affects how Baselayout configures the connection); |
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(3) create a new /etc/conf.d/net following net.example : mine is |
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config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" ) |
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# We have to instruct ppp0 to actually use ppp |
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config_ppp0=( "ppp" ) |
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# Each PPP interface requires an interface to use as a "Link" |
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link_ppp0="eth0" # PPPoE requires an ethernet interface |
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# Specify what pppd plugins you want to use: |
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plugins_ppp0=( "pppoe" ) |
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# PPP requires at least a username. |
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# It will use the password specified in /etc/ppp/*-secrets |
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username_ppp0='user@isp' |
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pppd_ppp0=( "updetach" "defaultroute" ) |
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I found the 2 items in the last line were required by testing items. |
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You may need a bit of trial+error to get it right for your system+ISP. |
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If you really can't get it to work, you can go on using Rp-pppoe: |
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just omit/reverse steps (1-2) & restore your old /etc/conf.d/net ; |
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there's a section in net.example confirming this. |
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