[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> No. DHCP and PPPoE support are not related. >Err, this is a problem in the d-i intergration. D-I should prompt as No, it's not. You use DHCP to configure the ethernet interface and then use PPPoE for the ppp0 interface.
>few times as possible. The most usual/convenient case is to have a >dhcp server on the network and to have all configuration information >from that dhcp server. Currently D-I asks for manual configuration >information in case DHCP fails. AFAICS, with the introduction of PPPoE >configuration, manual configuration should be requested in case the >PPPoE configuration fails, too (after the automatic identification of >concentrators). No, it should always be requested and *before* any attempt to configure PPPoE. >> > - if concentrator detection fails, drop to manual configuration >> If no concentrator is detected then the interface does not support >> PPPoE and there is no need or reason to configure anything. >That is if you assume that I ment "manual PPPoE configuration", but I >ment "static configuration" :-) of the Ethernet card. Then it's something not related in any way to PPPoE support. When you start probing for PPPoE the ethernet interface should already have been configured. >Is it possible to have a PPPoE configuration ran as in the following >scheme: > - configure the Ethernet card through DHCP > - configure a ppp connection (PPPoE) over the Ethernet card >configured at the previous step; the nameserver and default route are >set through the PPP connection? This is what I have been explaining you need to do. >I was under the impression that on a PPPoE connection one will have >always an Ethernet card (ethX) which is just up, but has no IP, and a >pppY virtual interface which has an IP which is given by the PPP >server. Is this picture not correct? Yes. I already explained this multiple times. An IP address is not *needed* on the ethernet interface, but always configuring one is simpler and may prevent problems later. >> >is, when should the PPPoE configuration be attempted? It seems logical >> After DHCP. >After DHCP fails, right? Or? After DHCP or manual configuration of the ethernet interface. >> >In case the PPPoE connection fails, should the user be given the >> >chance to configure the card as static? Note that if the concentrator >> These things are not related. >They are from a D-I usability POV. As I explained, they are not. >> >There is small issue, if the concentrator is searched on a card, then >> >the card in question must be "ifconfig CARD up" with no IP, should >> >this be restored if the concentrator is not found? Would it affect the >> Wrong, the ethernet card should get a proper IP address. Network >> interfaces used for PPPoE do not need any special configuration. >I'm afraid your statements sound conflictive with each other. >What I know is what happens here. The configuration supported by my >provider works if I "ifconfig eth9 up" with the ethernet not having >any IP and then start pppd so ppp0 is started. You do not *need* an IP address on the interface but *should* have one. And as you noticed, always configuring it is simpler. >> >How can the configuration information be copied to the target system >> >after the system is installed? >> The udev script already does this. >That is not possible because of various reasons; It is if you do it correctly. >I tested an installation and: >1) the ppp related stuff was not installed by default It is supposed to be. >2) the configuration of pppoe on the target system was not the same as >the one in the d-i envronment. I do not know what this means, but the d-i configuration will work in the installed system as well. >3) it is not possible to copy the pppoe configuration on the target at >the time the ppp-udeb postinst is ran because the system does not have >yet configured the destination partition for /. (It is necessary to Obviously you need to do it later. -- ciao, Marco -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
