DEBIAN SARGE PPPOECONF

Hi,

pppoe does not bring up my ethernetinterface automatically...

/etc/network/interfaces:
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.2.20
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
#gateway 192.168.2.254

auto eth0:0
iface eth0:0 inet static
address 192.168.2.15
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.2.255
#gateway 192.168.2.254

#auto eth1
#iface eth1 inet static
#address 10.0.0.20
#netmask 255.255.255.0
#broadcast 10.0.0.255


iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up # line maintained by pppoeconf

/etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider:
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noipdefault
# Try to get the name server addresses from the ISP.
#usepeerdns
# Use this connection as the default route.
# Comment out if you already have the correct default route installed.
defaultroute

##
# Section 2
#
# Uncomment if your DSL provider charges by minute connected
# and you want to use demand-dialing.
#
# Disconnect after 300 seconds (5 minutes) of idle time.

#demand
#idle 300

##
# Section 3
#
# You shouldn't need to change these options...

hide-password
lcp-echo-interval 20
lcp-echo-failure 3
# Override any connect script that may have been set in
/etc/ppp/options.
connect /bin/true
noauth
persist
mtu 1492

# RFC 2516, paragraph 7 mandates that the following options MUST NOT be
# requested and MUST be rejected if requested by the peer:
# Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC)
noaccomp
# Asynchronous-Control-Character-Map (ACCM)
default-asyncmap

plugin rp-pppoe.so eth1
user "(E-Mail Removed)"



So far as I understand it, the option "pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth1 up"
in /etc/network/interfaces should bring up eth1, but it doesn't. If I
bring up eth1 manually before invokin "pon" it works fine. But I want
that pppoeconf does its job.

Please Help...

Hi,

If I try to establish a connection without invoking ifonfig eth1 up
before, I get the following error of ppp:

May 30 18:41:08 clusty2 pppd[6020]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
May 30 18:41:08 clusty2 pppd[6021]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
May 30 18:41:08 clusty2 pppd[6021]: sendPacket: send: Network is down

if I invoke ifconfig eth1 up before pon dsl-provider:

May 30 18:42:47 clusty2 pppd[6246]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
May 30 18:42:47 clusty2 pppd[6247]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: PPP session is 3482
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Using interface ppp0
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Connect: ppp0 <--> eth1
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Couldn't increase MTU to 1500
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Couldn't increase MRU to 1500
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: PAP authentication succeeded
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: peer from calling number
08:90:1A:41:66:41 authorized
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: Cannot determine ethernet address
for proxy ARP
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: local IP address x.x.x.x
May 30 18:42:48 clusty2 pppd[6247]: remote IP address x.x.x.x

Thanks...