060819 David Corbin wrote: > I emerged a bunch of stuff this morning, and got this: > "Gentoo is moving toward common config file for all network interfaces. > I looked at /etc/conf.d/net.example & it's woefully unclear > how I port my /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 to the new file/format.
Yes, the dox are not as detailed as they sb. To repeat my explanation to another troubled user a few weeks ago : I needed 3 things to get it working : (1) in /etc/init.d , delete the old net.ppp0 (or rename it neutrally) & do 'ln -s net.lo net.ppp0' ; (2) do 'rc-update del net.eth0 default' 'rc-update add net.ppp0 default' (this is the bit which isn't adequately documented: anyone would think that both are simply symlinks to net.lo so what's the difference ? but in fact, it affects how Baselayout configures the connection); (3) create a new /etc/conf.d/net following net.example : mine is config_eth0=( "192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" ) # We have to instruct ppp0 to actually use ppp config_ppp0=( "ppp" ) # Each PPP interface requires an interface to use as a "Link" link_ppp0="eth0" # PPPoE requires an ethernet interface # Specify what pppd plugins you want to use: plugins_ppp0=( "pppoe" ) # PPP requires at least a username. # It will use the password specified in /etc/ppp/*-secrets username_ppp0='[EMAIL PROTECTED]' pppd_ppp0=( "updetach" "defaultroute" ) I found the 2 items in the last line were required by testing items. You may need a bit of trial+error to get it right for your system+ISP. If you really can't get it to work, you can go on using Rp-pppoe: just omit/reverse steps (1-2) & restore your old /etc/conf.d/net ; there's a section in net.example confirming this. -- ========================,,============================================ SUPPORT ___________//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT `-O----------O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list
