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101216 Jason Weisberger wrote: |
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> 101216 paul.hartman wrote: |
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>>> 101216 Philip Webb had run into a bizarre problem with broadband & modems. |
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>> If it's a modem+router combo, do you need to worry about PPPoE at all ? |
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>> typically the router would take care of that for you |
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>> and all your PC does is get a DHCP address (NAT) from the router |
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> I second that. Gentoo probably isn't working |
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> because you have a custom pppoe networking configuration. |
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> The others are built with a standard dhcp configuration. |
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> Wipe your custom stuff and all will be well. |
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Thanks to both: you've solved my actual problem, but not the puzzle. |
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I installed the Gentoo pkg 'dhcpcd' & 'dhcpcd eth0' gets the I/net : |
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clearly, this is a big step forward by ISPs since 2001 ! |
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I can also get through this way using Mandriva's "wired connection". |
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It still doesn't explain why Mandriva's "pppoe" works, but not Gentoo's, |
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but that's now hopefully moot, if nothing goes wrong again. |
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