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sfabius

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Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 157

rc.conf setting for pppoe

I'm sure the answer to this is simple but I can't seem to find it in a search.
I can connect manually using pppoe to my dsl provider (verizon). But I also have to manually get the interface (eth0) up using ifconfig. I'd like this to happen automatically at boot, but I can't seem to figure out what to put in my rc.conf to get the eth0 up. I have the ppp daemon starting but it doesn't work because there is no interface up. I currently have the following in my network section:

eth0="dhcp"
INTERFACES=(eth0)

I'm sure that's wrong because it doesn't work. I'm surprised this isn't in any of the guides. Maybe I will add it once I get the answer.

karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: rc.conf setting for pppoe

Is your network daemon starting? Any errors in dmesg?

Diaz

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From: Portugal

Registered: 2008-04-16

Posts: 366

Re: rc.conf setting for pppoe

There needs to be the daemon network in the daemons array i think.

sfabius

Member

Registered: 2007-07-07

Posts: 157

Re: rc.conf setting for pppoe

I don't have network in the daemons array, so that's probably it (now I'm at work and will have to reboot this evening). I guess I thought ppp would take care of it....
Thanks- I have added a short bit to the pppoe wiki page with this reminder, in case anyone wants to check: http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PPP … _with_pppd (it's in the "Starting pppd with Arch" section").

Last edited by sfabius (2010-08-25 14:04:30)