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On Tuesday 29 Nov 2011 11:41:57 Philip Webb wrote: |
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> A further question: since I had previously updated /etc/conf.d/net , |
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> I was given a router by my ISP & therefore started to use DHCP. |
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> The new net.example file suggests I might make further changes in 'net' |
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> & simplify my configuration files. What I have now in 'net' is : |
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> # For a static configuration use eg : |
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> # PP 111129 : drop Bash syntax to avoid start-up warning |
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> #config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" |
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> ) config_eth0="192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" |
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> # You need to create the PPP net script yourself: |
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> # do it via 'cd /etc/init.d ; ln -s net.lo net.ppp0' |
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> # We have to instruct ppp0 to actually use ppp |
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> config_ppp0=( "ppp" ) |
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First of all you should not use brackets in the new format. |
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Second, why do you need PPP, unless this is a router that also authenticates |
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into your ISP's adsl radius server? |
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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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Ditto. |
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> # Specify what pppd plugins you want to use: available are: |
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> # pppoe, pppoa, capi, dhcpc, minconn, radius, radattr, radrealms, winbind |
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> plugins_ppp0=( "pppoe" ) |
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No brackets in the new file format as previous message advised and as I said |
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above, think again if you need PPP authentication performed by your Gentoo box |
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(because your new router does this now). |
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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='****@***' |
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> #pppd_ppp0=( "debug" "updetach" "noauth" "defaultroute" "usepeerdns" |
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> "persist" ) pppd_ppp0=( "updetach" "defaultroute" ) |
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Don't need these at all. |
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HTH. |
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Regards, |
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Mick |