On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, George Luft wrote: > According to the instructions contained within /etc/network/interfaces, I am > supposed to "uncomment/adjust one of the following 4 options." I am running > a pppoe DSL connection, and I have *both* options 1.1 and 1.3 un-commented. > Is 1.1 unnecessary?
It would be hard to imagine a network that used BOTH dhcp AND pppoe, so I would say yes, unless you want pppoe to run on a DIFFERENT interface than eth0, in which case I would guess you should edit the pppoe entry. > > I guess I could try it and see what happens if I comment out 1.1, but I > thought I'd ask. Is there a man page for this file that explains all of the > options for this file? http://leaf.sourceforge.net/devel/jnilo/manpages/interfaces_man.html [...] > # Option 1.1 (default): eth0 / dynamic IP from pump/dhclient > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet dhcp > # [...] > # > # Option 1.3: PPP/PPPOE (modem connected to eth0) > auto ppp0 > iface ppp0 inet ppp > pre-up ip link set eth0 up > provider dsl-provider eth0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeff Newmiller The ..... ..... Go Live... DCN:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Basics: ##.#. ##.#. Live Go... Live: OO#.. Dead: OO#.. Playing Research Engineer (Solar/Batteries O.O#. #.O#. with /Software/Embedded Controllers) .OO#. .OO#. rocks...2k --------------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________________________ Multimillion Dollar Computer Inventory Live Webcast Auctions Thru Aug. 2002 - http://www.cowanalexander.com/calendar ------------------------------------------------------------------------ leaf-user mailing list: [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/leaf-user SR FAQ: http://leaf-project.org/pub/doc/docmanager/docid_1891.html
