Date: Wed, 05 Jan 2000 08:11:21 +0000 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" <drkangel@pathcom.com> Cc: "Brian Somers" <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" <drkangel@gemini.inside.pathcom.com>, freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPPOED in rc.conf Message-ID: <200001050811.IAA13512@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from "Marco Paulo Rodrigues" <drkangel@pathcom.com> of "Tue, 04 Jan 2000 22:20:40 EST." <LPBBJKBEDFGFHCFBNBAAAEEBCEAA.drkangel@pathcom.com>
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I'd suggest you put a ``set -x'' and ``set +x'' pair around the
pppoed invocation in rc.network, and see how pppoed is being kicked
off. Perhaps you have an older version of pppoed than rc.network ?
> filled out everything properly, this is what I have right now..
>
> [01/04/00 17:14:24] [drkangel@fartos:~] grep pppoed /etc/defaults/rc.conf
>
> pppoed_enable="YES" # Run the PPP over Ethernet daemon.
> pppoed_provider="*" # Provider and ppp(8) config file entry.
> pppoed_flags="-P /var/run/pppoed.pid" # Flags to pppoed (if enabled).
> pppoed_interface="ed1" # The interface that pppoed runs on.
>
> unless there is something I should be putting in pppoed provider I don't
> know what else. Everything works fine with ppp, just wondering why they have
> pppoed in the rc.conf, must do something special :)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG
> [mailto:owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Brian Somers
> Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2000 3:49 AM
> To: Marco Paulo Rodrigues
> Cc: freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG; brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org
> Subject: Re: PPPOED in rc.conf
>
>
> [.....]
> > I can get pppoe to work fine with ppp and I have a life connection.
> > Anyways my problem is when I enable pppoed in the rc.conf file then when I
> > boot I don't get an error message, but I notice it shows the pppoed
> > command and the sytnax as if I typed an invalid switch. Anyone with any
> > ideas?
>
> What does `fgrep pppoed /etc/rc.conf` say ? You usually need to set
> pppoed_interface as well as pppoed_enable.
>
> > Marco Paulo Rodrigues
> > Junior Unix Systems Operator
> > Pathway Communications
> > email: marco.rodrigues@pathcom.com
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