Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-26 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Wednesday 26 April 2006 18:40, Sven Köhler wrote: > > Ummm, could you please explain those settings? Or could you please > > point me the appropriate documentation where they're explained? > > which settings? > > well, "man pppd" should show you all the funny pppd options. Okies, thanks :) --

[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-26 Thread Sven Köhler
> Ummm, could you please explain those settings? Or could you please point > me the appropriate documentation where they're explained? which settings? well, "man pppd" should show you all the funny pppd options. -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-24 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Monday 24 April 2006 22:38, Sven Köhler wrote: > > Anyway, so a related query.. My internet connection has a habit of > > getting disconnected every six hours. Does the kernel mode PPPoE > > automatically reconnect properly? Well, if it doesn't, how do I > > start and stop the connection at will

[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-24 Thread Sven Köhler
> Anyway, so a related query.. My internet connection has a habit of > getting disconnected every six hours. Does the kernel mode PPPoE > automatically reconnect properly? Well, if it doesn't, how do I start > and stop the connection at will? Restart the init script? config_ppp9=( "ppp" ) plugi

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-24 Thread maxim wexler
--- Chen Yufei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > First thanks! > > As Mrugesh mentioned rp-pppoe-3.8, I took a look in > the rp-pppoe > ebuild file and found this, > > "Gentoo is moving toward common configuration file > for all network > interfaces. Please use baselayout adsl module for > configur

Re: [gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-24 Thread Mrugesh Karnik
On Sunday 23 April 2006 22:45, Sven Köhler wrote: > > (1) Why rp-pppoe is deprecated? > > ppp included the pppoe-plugin known from rp-pppoe. the pppoe-plugin > uses the kernel-mode PPPoE. There is no need for rp-pppoe anymore, > because ppp offers everything needed. Aah I see! Thanks for correctin

[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-23 Thread Chen Yufei
First thanks! As Mrugesh mentioned rp-pppoe-3.8, I took a look in the rp-pppoe ebuild file and found this, "Gentoo is moving toward common configuration file for all network interfaces. Please use baselayout adsl module for configuring your network using rp-pppoe or, better yet, use generic PPP s

[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-23 Thread Sven Köhler
> (1) Why rp-pppoe is deprecated? ppp included the pppoe-plugin known from rp-pppoe. the pppoe-plugin uses the kernel-mode PPPoE. There is no need for rp-pppoe anymore, because ppp offers everything needed. > (2) Every time I call /etc/init.d/net.ppp0 there is a warning saying > that "net.ppp0 is

[gentoo-user] Re: pppd and adsl

2006-04-23 Thread Sven Köhler
> Gentoo does use rp-pppoe to connect. It just does it when bringing up > eth0 directly. No, since baselayout-1.12*, gentoo uses ppp and ppp's pppoe-plugin. rp-pppoe is not needed anymore! -- gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list