You have the auto statement in front of ppp1. So the sequence > auto ppp1 > iface ppp1 inet ppp > provider dialin is executed at boot time but probably fails for some reason (pppd script, chat/pap file or whatever) So when you type ifup ppp1 from console you get the message > ifup: interface ppp1 already configured
>From the console issue: ifdown ppp1 then ifup -v ppp1 then look at syslog/messages file is /var/log. What are they telling ? JN Le Mercredi 1 Octobre 2003 14:37, Matthew Pozzi a écrit : > I have a Bering 1.2 setup using pppoa which uses ppp0 as its external > device. > > I would dearly like to have a ppp1 and ppp2 device for dialin and other > tasks, can someone (Jacques?) please help. I have declared interfaces like > this > > auto ppp0 > iface ppp0 inet ppp > pre-up mount none /proc/bus/usb -t usbdevfs > pre-up sleep 2 > pre-up modem_run -f /lib/modules/mgmt.o -m > pre-up sleep 1 > provider adsl > > auto ppp1 > iface ppp1 inet ppp > provider dialin > > auto eth0 > iface eth0 inet static > address 192.168.5.254 > masklen 24 > broadcast 192.168.5.255 > > > where /etc/ppp/peers/dialin is a set of options for pppd to use. If I run > ifup ppp1 I get > > ifup: interface ppp1 already configured > > but I cannot see ppp1 at all. This may be an issue with mgetty not properly > calling pppd but I suspect not. I suspoect my lack of knowledge here with > Bering. > > Many thanks, > Matthew > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek > Welcome to geek heaven. > http://thinkgeek.com/sf > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 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 ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by:ThinkGeek Welcome to geek heaven. http://thinkgeek.com/sf ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 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
