I have a similar problem with NM: it lacks PPPoE. Because it I need to use pppoeconf:
# /etc/network/interfaces
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet manual
address 192.168.1.8
netmask 255.255.255.0
auto dsl-provider
iface dsl-provider inet ppp
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider dsl-provider
# EOF
On boot, my routes looks like:
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 192.168.1.1 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 eth0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
200.nnn.nn.nn 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
This occurs because NM starts after networking and pppoe.
I need to run `poff -r' to get reachable routes:
# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 U 0 0 0 ppp0
192.168.1.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 eth0
200.nnn.nn.nn 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH 0 0 0 ppp0
I can avoid the problem disabling NM or setting `managed=false' at
`/etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf'. But if I put NM offline neither
Evolution or Empathy do connect.
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Marco de Freitas
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