>> i have to pppoeconf everytime i want to login to inet
You mean you have to run the "pon" script. pppoeconf is the
configuration tool that asks for login info each time. Once configured
the info is stored in:
/etc/ppp/peers/<some_connection_name>
You can then start ppp anytime by doing:
$ pon <some_connection_name>
As for automatic starting, I added this to /etc/network/interfaces
--- cut here ---
auto ppp0
iface ppp0 inet ppp
provider <some_connection_name>
--- cut here ---
Just put your connection-name correctly. The network service should
take care of bringing the interface up at boot.
NOTE: this is for the kernel-based pppoe implementation (using deb
packages "pppoe" and "pppoeconf"). If you are using user-space
implementation (namely rp-pppoe) the startup script is pppoe-start
instead of pon. Also the configuration utility is pppoe-setup instead
of pppoeconf.
- farazs
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