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[Arwed von Merkatz <v.merkatz AT gmx.net>]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 11:58:02PM +1000, Hamish Greig wrote:
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> On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 23:51, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> > On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 11:44:55PM +1000, Hamish Greig wrote:
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> > > Apologies in advance for asking this stupid question.
> > > Does our network initscript handle ppp or adsl/pppoe connections ? or is
> > > it only for ethernet ?
> > > If not, could ppp (dialup) and rp-pppoe users please tell me if they use
> > > a different script to bring up their network, or if they have to do it
> > > manually, what command they use.
> > > Also I find minicom hasn't been included on the ISO for some time, is it
> > > no longer needed, should it be replaced by wvdial or something else ?
> > > (over 2 years since I dealt with a ppp modem connection)
> > > I know it must seem like I am being lazy here, but as I don't actually
> > > have either types of hardware to test this on I don't have much chance 
> > > to
> > > test experiment and learn in my usual fashion.
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> > I'm not sure if our network scripts can handle pppoe, i use a custom
> > script for that (attached) using rp-pppoe.
> > Manual start of pppoe network with rp-pppoe is done with 'adsl-start'
> > after configuring it with 'adsl-setup'.
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> ok, I am planning on asking if users want to bring up the interface after 
> they 
> have configured it. (currently works great for ethernet)
> So for pppoe I should just run adsl-start.
> next silly question, where does adsl-setup store its data ? the installer 
> will 
> run it native to its rootfs so it can control the connections without 
> chrroting, and then copy the configs etc over to the new system. 

Configuration for rp-pppoe is stored in /etc/ppp, split up over several
files (pppoe.conf, chap-secrects, pap-secrets, not sure what else).

> Lastly should your adsl script be the default initscript for rp-pppoe ?
 
If we add it it needs some more stuff, like a config file whether the
connection should be brought up on boot (defaulting to no). Not everyone
is on a flatrate adsl line, so defaulting to starting adsl on boot isn't
too nice.
Also i'd rather see it integrated into our networking setup somehow, it
should be possible with a ppp0.dev with custom start and stop functions.

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Arwed v. Merkatz                              Source Mage GNU/Linux developer
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