I added linux-newbie back into the address field. Haines Brown wrote: > > Chuck, > > Thanks for your helpful reply. I'll respond to it more fully after > I've had a chance to visit the RH8.0 machine having the problem. > > I did not include in my report that I originally had a problem getting > roaring penguin to build a configuration file. Because when I re-ran > adsl-setup it new my settings (apparently) previously entered, I > assumed that the configuration was stored elsewhere even though there > was no longer a /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf file.
Your previous responses to adsl-setup are stored. If adsl-setup never created a configuration file, re-running it with the same responses might not create one either. :-| Was there ever a /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf file? > But I just now visited the roarding penguin site to download a new > version, and I see that the configuration file remains the same as > before. So I conclude my rppppoe is broken, did not install properly, > or there's a permission problem somewhere preventing the creation of > its configuration file. > > I'll look at the script as you suggest and otherwise snoop around > roaring penguin. > > Currently, my present (working) system has in its routing table the > line: > > 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 40 0 0 eth0 > > but on my present machine, I gave eth0 a static address because it was > once part of a LAN. On my other machine, as you point out, there's no > eth0 line, but what address should it have if it were present on a > stand-alone machine? 0.0.0.0? > > I think I'll add eth0 to the routing table with that address to see > what happens. Some of the iptables problems may be resolved once I > resolve the two problems above. I'll get back to the list after I've > been able to explored this. I think I have said this before, several times before; the eth# device that connects to the DSL modem should not have an IP address (when you run adsl-start). rp-pppoe will not work if the eth# device already has an IP address. ppp0 gets the IP address (from adsl-start). The eth# device must be UP and RUNning and have no IP address. Suggestion: If you have both a DSL modem and a LAN, put another ethernet NIC in the computer. A few dollars for an old 3c509, NE2000, whatever card should be do-able. Then let RedHat have its way with the eth0 device and configure RP-pppoe to use the eth1 device. ;-) HTH, Chuck > 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
