On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 03:15:47PM +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > For the 1rst time, I've installed a Debian box that must connect directly to > the > net via DSL. I've an Alcatel Speedtouch modem connected to eth0, my local > private network is on eth1 (this works without problems). > > I've used pppoeconf and the connection has worked in a few seconds right out > of > the box. But after a reboot, the connection didn't work. I've re-done the > configuration, all seemed right, but once again that was cancelled after a > reboot. > > Finally, I've seen that eth0 becomes not "up" with the connection-process. If > I > manually do > > #ifconfig eth0 up > > without specifying an address, the connection works well (in fact, when you > use > pppoeconf, the interface was loaded during the configuration). > > Here's my /etc/network/interfaces: > > # This file describes the network interfaces available on your system > # and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5). > > # The loopback network interface > auto lo > iface lo inet loopback > > # The primary network interface > allow-hotplug eth1 > iface eth1 inet static > address 192.168.0.1 > netmask 255.255.255.0 > network 192.168.0.0 > broadcast 192.168.0.255 > # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed > dns-nameservers 195.238.2.21 195.238.2.22 > dns-search champignac > > iface skynet inet ppp > pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf > provider skynet
do these need to prefixed with spaces/tabs ?
>
> auto eth0
>
> iface eth0 inet manual
>
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>
> I've just replaced 'dsl-provider' by the name of my ISP (skynet), but the
> problem was the same with the original filename.
>
> Has someone encountered that problem ? I've done many searchs via Google with
> the message writed in the logs (sendPacket: send: Network is down) but found
> nothing appropriate.
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> J.
>
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