Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001 20:53:33 +0200 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: PPPoE - howto if PPPoE:xl0 crashes the system Message-ID: <20010614205333.J17514@speedy.gsinet> In-Reply-To: <u4rtjjw6i.fsf@karasik.eu.org>; from dmitry@karasik.eu.org on Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:35:33AM %2B0200 References: <u4rtjjw6i.fsf@karasik.eu.org>
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On Thu, Jun 14, 2001 at 10:35 +0200, Dmitry Karasik wrote:
>
> I was experimenting with PPP over ethernet, and found to my
> surprise that it crashes the system ( 4.3-RELEASE). I did
> 'ppp' and then 'set device PPPoE:xl0' and 'dial'.
^^^^^
> I had no idea how to use PPPoE ( and still don't have now), so
> if someone can enlighten me and point to a bit of
> documentation, I would be happy.
You mean like RTFM? That's simple: "man 8 ppp". But it seems
you already did this because you use the correct "device" entry
above. Plus there's been a PPPoE chapter in the handbook for
some year now.
> Anyway, to those who will be interested in this bug, the box
> has xl0(not configured) and xl1(10.) with kernel netgraph enabled.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Here's the problem (and it has been discussed in cvs-all as well
as in -current or -stable: "ifconfig up" the interface before
using it. Or update your system, there's a newer version (of
ppp? I'm not positive on that) which ups the interface itself.
But it definitely is a pilot's error to use an unconfigured
interface for transmission ...
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