Chuck, > I use Roaring Penguin PPPOE. http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/ I > selected permanent connection, but I am unsure if this applies to > eth# or ppp#. :-| 'adsl-setup' and 'adsl-start' are script names > with my application (Roaring Penguin). I am assuming that your > using the same or similar. > > How do you know "I definitely have eth0 set to be permanently up" ? > Actually, I'm betting that it is ppp# that is set to demand or > permanent.
Yes, I also use the roaring penguin, My eth0 is made active during boot, for I can run ifconfig and see that it is up as soon as I've finished booting. The ppp0, on the other hand, is not up until adsl-start is run. That is, ppp0 is on demand, while eth0 is permanent. That's my impression, anyway. pppd is a daemon which I assume is meant normally to be on demand. Actually, when I run redhat-configuration-network, I see not only eth0, but also ppp0 (trying to be active). That's not right. ppp0 should not appear (or at least it does not show up under RH7.3 as I speak to you). I may have some kind of problem in that pppd is trying to start ppp, rather than my starting pppoe by means of adsl-start > It seems that your dsl connection (PPPOE?) application is setting > up IPCHAINS, but your kernel is using IPTABLES. That may be, but then a good percentage of folks who get RedHat 8.0 must reconfigure and recompile their kernel, which I doubt. > - configure IPTABLES to replace your dsl-connection application's > attempt to use IPCHAINS. This was my inclination, for I gather IPTables are better. I've got a copy of Bastille, which should make my life a lot easier, not only spotting the source of any difficulty, but setting up a secure set of rules. Haines - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
