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[Chris Dombroski <cdombroski AT gambit.gotdns.org>]

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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Speaking of networking, what is the method of bringing up an interface 
that doesn't start at boot? telinit run network start <device> doesn't 
seem to do anything.

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