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[Hamish Greig <hgreig AT bigpond.net.au>]

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On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 00:05, Arwed von Merkatz wrote:
> 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.
> > >
> > > 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.
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> 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.

ok i'll copy those files for now and if it doesn't work someone will file a 
bug.

I will also offer to run adsl-start after configuring pppoe on the ISO, the 
initscript issue can be resolved at your leisure.
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