Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: pppoeconf
With multiple network interfaces, when pppoeconf finds an access
concentrator on an interface, it will not allow a user to continue
searching for others on other interfaces. As a result, a user may be
unable to configure pppoe internet access via pppoeconf.
Real life example: 4 network interfaces on a pc, one wireless (ath0),
three wired (eth[0-2]). Wireless interfaces was auto-configured by
network-manager on boot and connected to some random unprotected
wireless access point. Pppoeconf starts it's search for access
concentrators on ath0 and finds one there. User has the choice between
configuring for that pppoe access concentrator (to which user has no
access, i.e. no valid username/password or that cannot be trusted) or
quitting pppoeconf. The proper pppoe access meanwhile is via one of the
wired interfaces that are not yet probed simply because their names come
later in the alphabet than the wireless interface.
When multiple network interfaces are available, pppoeconf needs the
option to skip an interface and keep looking for an access concentrator
on the remaining interfaces, instead of forcing a user to the first one
found. Currently, the only way around this is to disable the other
interfaces, and then run pppoeconf so that the proper access
concentrator is found - far from 'user-friendly'.
Kubuntu feisty with pppoeconf 1.12ubuntu1. Bug also exists in gutsy
tribe 4.
** Affects: pppoeconf (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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no way to skip an interface when access concentrator found on it
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/132188
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