Thanks for the quick response. I'll grab the source and do it this way for now.
On the topic of the iBurst driver rewrite. Where can I get more information on this? Quintin Beukes On Tue, Dec 29, 2009 at 1:32 PM, Graham Beneke <[email protected]> wrote: > Quintin Beukes wrote: >> >> I am trying to connect to a wireless-broadband provider using an >> iBurst modem. The driver creates a network device, which reports > > If you dig through the archives you'll find a number of mentions of this > issue. The devs are aware of the problem and there is work being done to > support PPPoE on interfaces other than eth0. I'm not sure what the current > progress is on this. > > There is also some work being done to rewrite the iBurst driver and get it > rolled into the kernel but that has been a little slow. > >> itself as a wireless device (so iwconfig lists the signal strength). >> It's not a GPRS/3G, so I can't take the wireless-broadband steps in >> the connection editor. The DSL steps should work perfectly, except the >> nic passed to pppd is my ethernet device instead of the one created by >> the driver. PPPoE must happen via this device, where the driver will >> pass it onto the modem via USB and the rest happens as usual. >> >> Either way, when NetworkManager invokes pppd, it does it as follows: >> Dec 29 12:31:47 quintin-VIAO NetworkManager: <debug> >> [1262082707.053800] nm_ppp_manager_start(): Command line: >> /usr/sbin/pppd nodetach lock nodefaultroute user <my-user> plugin >> rp-pppoe.so nic-eth0 noauth nodeflate usepeerdns mru 1492 mtu 1492 >> lcp-echo-failure 3 lcp-echo-interval 20 ipparam >> /org/freedesktop/NetworkManager/PPP/8 plugin >> /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.4/nm-pppd-plugin.so >> >> As you can see, rp-pppoe.so is passed the parameter nic-eth0. This >> should instead be ib0. If I copy this line and remove the >> nm-pppd-plugin and change the nic-eth0 to ib0 I can connect (in fact, >> that's how I sent this e-mail). >> >> How can I configure network manager to use the correct nic? >> >> My current configuration file: >> [connection] >> id=iBurst >> uuid=60d71ae5-7c0e-4bf9-a338-939fe95585b2 >> type=pppoe >> autoconnect=false >> timestamp=0 >> >> [ppp] >> noauth=true >> refuse-eap=false >> refuse-pap=false >> refuse-chap=false >> refuse-mschap=false >> refuse-mschapv2=false >> nobsdcomp=false >> nodeflate=false >> no-vj-comp=false >> require-mppe=false >> require-mppe-128=false >> mppe-stateful=false >> crtscts=false >> baud=0 >> mru=1492 >> mtu=1492 >> lcp-echo-failure=0 >> lcp-echo-interval=0 >> >> [ipv4] >> method=auto >> ignore-auto-routes=false >> ignore-auto-dns=false >> dhcp-send-hostname=false >> never-default=false >> >> [pppoe] >> [email protected] >> password=080889SH >> >> [802-3-ethernet] >> speed=0 >> duplex=full >> auto-negotiate=true >> mtu=1492 >> >> I tried adding a mac-address line to the ethernet section, but this >> results in the connection being marked as invalid, and not being >> available. >> >> Quintin Beukes >> _______________________________________________ >> NetworkManager-list mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > > > -- > Graham Beneke > E-Mail/MSN/Jabber: [email protected] Skype: grbeneke > VoIP: +27-87-550-1010 Cell: +27-82-432-1873 > > _______________________________________________ > NetworkManager-list mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list > _______________________________________________ NetworkManager-list mailing list [email protected] http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/networkmanager-list
