Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2000 18:52:36 -0400 From: Ted Sikora <tsikora@home.com> To: "freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG" <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: PPPoE Message-ID: <3984B1B4.FE00A377@home.com> References: <001d01bff9f7$ce3ce980$0300a8c0@anime.ca>
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William Wong wrote:
>
> Hi there,
>
> Does anyone know if there are plans to support PPPoE outta the box? (without
> recompiling the kernel) I'm not sure how many people are affected by this,
> but not being able to do a PPPoE install from the boot disks is a bugger.
>
Here's a HOWTO for PPPoe
--
Ted Sikora
Jtl Development Group
tsikora@powerusersbbs.com
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FreeBSD PPPoE HOWTO
FreeBSD Requirements for PPPoE
Be sure that you have a version of userppp that supports PPPoE. Please note
that userppp is included in FreeBSD. It is not add-on software. Recent
FreeBSD releases should be fine.
Any -CURRENT, -STABLE and -RELEASE versions of FreeBSD should be able to
support PPPoE. FreeBSD 4.0-CURRENT and 3.3-STABLE releases have been tested
and found to work.
Configuring FreeBSD Kernel for PPPoE
In order to support PPPoE, three lines must be added at the end of the
FreeBSD kernel file. Beginners with no idea how to compile a kernel, please
read the following carefully. For more experienced users who know how to
compile a kernel, just see step 3 below and add the three lines to your
kernel.
1. First you must change to the kernel configuration directory:
cd /usr/src/sys/i386/conf
2. In the kernel configuration directory, use your favorite text editor
and edit the kernel file. For example, if you use emacs, you would
type:
vi KERNEL
3. Go to the end of the kernel file and add the following three lines:
options NETGRAPH
options NETGRAPH_PPPOE
options NETGRAPH_SOCKET
4. After adding these three lines, save the modified kernel file.
5. Type this command to set the kernel configuration:
config KERNEL
6. Now you must change to the kernel setup directory:
cd ../../compile/KERNEL
7. In the kernel setup directory, type the following three commands:
make depend
make
make install
Your kernel is now ready for PPPoE!
Configuring FreeBSD /etc/ppp/ppp.conf File
To edit the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file, just use your favorite text editor.
Replace any existing file content with the lines below. Be sure the "set
device PPPoE:---" line is correct for your network interface card. (We used
ed1 for the NIC in this example.) Change the authname and authkey to your
sympatico user id (b1xxxxxx) and your password.
# /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
default:
set log Phase Chat LCP IPCP CCP tun command
nat enable yes
nat same_ports yes
nat use_sockets yes
set redial 15 28800
set reconnect 15 28800
pppoe:
set device PPPoE:ed1:
set mru 1492
set mtu 1492
set speed sync
enable lqr
set lqrperiod 5
set cd 5
set dial
set login
set timeout 0
set authname b1xxxxxx@sympatico.ca
set authkey yourpassword
set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
add default HISADDR
enable dns
# end of ppp configuration
Configuring FreeBSD /etc/rc.conf File
The /etc/rc.conf file should be set up as follows for the ethernet interface
that goes to your DSL modem. (Again, this example uses ed1 for the NIC.)
# /etc/rc.conf
network_interfaces="auto" #Set network interfaces automatically
ifconfig_ed1="inet 10.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0 -arp up"
ppp_enable="YES" #This enables PPP on startup
(recommended)
ppp_mode="background"
ppp_profile="pppoe"
#end of /etc/rc.conf
Rebooting the System
After you have compiled the kernel to support PPPoE and have edited the
/etc/ppp/ppp.conf and /etc/rc.conf files with the right configuration, you
can reboot your system. If you enabled ppp in the /etc/rc.conf as
recommended, you should be connected and can now enjoy surfing the net on
FreeBSD using PPPoE.
Starting PPP Manually
If you did not enable ppp to automatically connect on startup in the
/etc/rc.conf file, you can use this command to connect to the Internet
manually:
ppp -background pppoe
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