pppoe and kernel 2.4.x
Hi debianers, well, I have a debian system connected to a ISP using pppoe. Everithing works well with the 2.2.x kernels, but for different reasons, I need to install a 2.4.x kernel. Reading the file /usr/doc/pppoe/KERNEL-MODE-PPPOE I understand that I must recompile ppp from the tar-ball at http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ which is a patched ppp, install it and then compiling rp-pppoe enabling plugins. This look strightforward but will obviously clash with the package structure of my machine. Just for one, intrusion-detection tools (e.g. tiger) will complain about unmatching cecksums. For another, updating will become painful. Is there another, more debian conformant, way to do it? Thanks a lot -- Leo TheHobbit IRCnet #roma2 ICQ 56656060 -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.12 GED/CS d? s-:++ a+ C++ UL+++ P E+ W++ N+ o K? !w O? M V PS+++ PE-- Y+ PPG+ t++ 5? X-- R+ tv+ b+++ DI? D G++ e*() h r++ y+++(*) --END GEEK CODE BLOCK-- ++
Re: pppoe and kernel 2.4.x
On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 19:06, Frodo Baggins wrote: Is there another, more debian conformant, way to do it? Yes : use the Debian ppp and pppoe packages. This way, you shall run pppoe purely in user mode instead of using the kernel module which is still rather developmental as far as I have read. You look suspisciously french to me, so it will certainly be of interest to you that the stock Debian pppoe and ppp package work fine with Netissimo. I currently use it to connect to Nerim through an Alcatel 1000. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: pppoe and kernel 2.4.x
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 07:06:09PM +0100, Frodo Baggins wrote: Hi debianers, well, I have a debian system connected to a ISP using pppoe. Everithing works well with the 2.2.x kernels, but for different reasons, I need to install a 2.4.x kernel. Reading the file /usr/doc/pppoe/KERNEL-MODE-PPPOE I understand that I must recompile ppp from the tar-ball at http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ which is a patched ppp, install it and then compiling rp-pppoe enabling plugins. Actually, I never read that. I had been running woody with kernel 2.4.10 for a while when I got a DSL connection. I simply apt-get'ed the debian pppoe package, did some easy config (see /usr/doc/pppoe/README.debian) and, IT WORKED. HTH, Joachim -- Joachim Fahnenmüller Lehrer für Mathematik und Physik Herder-Gymnasium Kattowitzer Straße 52 51065 Köln
Re: pppoe and kernel 2.4.x
On Tue, Mar 12, 2002 at 07:06:09PM +0100, Frodo Baggins wrote: Hi debianers, well, I have a debian system connected to a ISP using pppoe. Everithing works well with the 2.2.x kernels, but for different reasons, I need to install a 2.4.x kernel. Reading the file /usr/doc/pppoe/KERNEL-MODE-PPPOE I understand that I must recompile ppp from the tar-ball at http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ which is a patched ppp, install it and then compiling rp-pppoe enabling plugins. This look strightforward but will obviously clash with the package structure of my machine. Just for one, intrusion-detection tools (e.g. tiger) will complain about unmatching cecksums. For another, updating will become painful. Is there another, more debian conformant, way to do it? Thanks a lot Unfortunatelly, pppd does not support kernel mode pppoe in Debian. You can still use regular user space pppoe without any problems.. If you really want a kernel mode pppoe, I have submitted a bug with the patch from http://www.shoshin.uwaterloo.ca/~mostrows/ (in BTS as wishlish for ppp). The patch is about 100kB! :) My patch is a bit buggy though as if you try to build pppd with it, the plugin will end up in the right directory but pppd will search in a different one -- to overcome that you'll have to specify the full path to the pppoe plugin. Then changing the dsl-provider by commenting out the pty pppoe etc.. I was able to start kernel mode dsl with pppd eth0 call dsl-provider as described on the website. Works very nice for me on a 486 box.. There is a noticible increase in performance especially when the box is loaded -- much better network transit times. The load due to pppoe also decreased from about 80% for full bandwidth usage down to about 40%.. I will be testing it for stability for the next few months but it looks very promissing. PPP really should support kernel mode PPPoE for woody as there is no harm for bootfloppies [simply not included there] or for regular pppd as pppoe is a plugin that doesn't have to be enabled. Anyway, this is just my 2 cents. BTW, I have 2.4.18 with kernel mode pppoe as module [but I'll link it in kernel soon since it's on all the time anyway] - Adam PS. Maybe if people demand it, I could fix my patch and increase the severity of the bug so hopefully the maintainer will notice it and include it before it's too late :)
