Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

[Mrugesh Karnik]

On Sunday 23 April 2006 22:45, Sven Köhler wrote:
> > (1) Why rp-pppoe is deprecated?
>
> ppp included the pppoe-plugin known from rp-pppoe. the pppoe-plugin
> uses the kernel-mode PPPoE. There is no need for rp-pppoe anymore,
> because ppp offers everything needed.

Aah I see! Thanks for correcting me. :)

Anyway, so a related query.. My internet connection has a habit of 
getting disconnected every six hours. Does the kernel mode PPPoE 
automatically reconnect properly? Well, if it doesn't, how do I start 
and stop the connection at will? Restart the init script?

Thanks,
Mrugesh