I have no insight into this particular problem but the config file /etc/network/interfaces might give you some clue? -jd
On 6/13/05, David R. Litwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have set my ifconfig (via pppoeconf) to start up a ppp and eth0 > connection. > > My ifconfig, when working properly, reads thus: > > ifconfig > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:50:DA:B8:AE:EA > inet6 addr: fe80::250:daff:feb8:aeea/64 Scope:Link > UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 > RX packets:14311 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:12377 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:1 txqueuelen:1000 > RX bytes:8317950 (7.9 MiB) TX bytes:1993074 (1.9 MiB) > Interrupt:9 Base address:0xb800 > > lo Link encap:Local Loopback > inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 > inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host > UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 > RX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:7 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 > RX bytes:390 (390.0 b) TX bytes:390 (390.0 b) > > ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol > inet addr:65.94.84.97 P-t-P:64.230.197.65 Mask:255.255.255.255 > UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1492 Metric:1 > RX packets:11365 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 > TX packets:11273 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 > collisions:0 txqueuelen:3 > RX bytes:7840851 (7.4 MiB) TX bytes:1677456 (1.5 MiB) > > The problem is two-fold: > > One: When I boot up in to Linux, it automatically connects me - twice. I > have to give "ifconfig ppp1 down" so that I've only one ppp connection. How > do I stop ppp1 from existing and have only ppp0? > > Two: I need to have lo up when I boot up so that my printer works. It used > to do this: But no more. I must do "ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up" for lo to go > up. How do I get it to do this on its own? > > I think it has to do with the Networking files, yes? > > Thank you in advance. > > -- > —Moose Moose Jam Sausage Meow-Mix. > —My Hover-Craft is Full of Eels. > —[...]and that's the he and the she of it.
