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NotExcessive
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 Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:13 am Post subject: 2005.1: Whatever happened to rp-pppoe script? |
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I've just built up a new system with 2005.1 and emerged rp-pppoe since it connects via ADSL. Although it all compiled normally, I'm curious as to where the rp-pppoe script that's supposed to be copied over to /etc/init.d/rp-pppoe went. I found out it was missing when I tried to add the rp-pppoe service to rc-update and it told me it was nowhere to be found. I copied the script over from another machine and installed it into rc anyway, but I'm wondering why it was never created in the first place. I tried re-emerging rp-pppoe just in case but it's still the same. Was this an oversight or was it removed as some sort of security thing in 2005.1?
Anybody know? |
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 10:48 am Post subject: |
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| just set your external interface to the adsl modem to 'adsl' in /etc/conf.d/net (there is an example), run adsl-setup and start the interface. |
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NotExcessive
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:06 pm Post subject: |
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| Ctrl+Alt+Del wrote: | | just set your external interface to the adsl modem to 'adsl' in /etc/conf.d/net (there is an example), run adsl-setup and start the interface. |
OK that's different from the way I used to set up 2.4.x machines. I'd specify the IPs for all the NICs in /etc/conf.d/net and after ensuring that adsl-start worked, just add the rp-pppoe script to rc-update. Of course, declaring eth0 to be of type "adsl" is cleaner, now that I look at it.
I think I'm having a blonde moment - if I don't specify the address of eth0 as being 192.168.0.? in /etc/conf.d/net, then where does the system know that eth0 is 192.168.0.whatever? adsl-setup is just told that it's supposed to use ethx, but where do you specify the address of ethx if it isn't declared in /etc/conf.d/net like I'm currently doing? |
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 12:26 pm Post subject: |
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i'm assuming eth0 is your external interface..
you don't need an ip for it since you're running a pppoe, not an ip connection |
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NotExcessive
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 1:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Ctrl+Alt+Del wrote: | i'm assuming eth0 is your external interface..
you don't need an ip for it since you're running a pppoe, not an ip connection |
Ah. But I'd still need to keep my current configuration as it is with a specific IP address for eth0:
config_eth0= ("192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" )
because if I changed it to
config_eth0 = ("adsl")
then although the connection would still get through the modem (after all it's in 1483 Bridged LLC mode), if I ever wanted to talk to the modem from the system, say to install new firmware from its web-based interface, I'd be rooted, wouldn't I? In that case the only way to upgrade the firmware would be to do some cable juggling and put the modem onto another machine, or another subnet, so I can talk to it. Considering how the modem is sandwiched amongst all the junk at the top of the rack, I'm far better off being able to talk to it where it is.
So really, in that case, it's better for me to leave the setup as it is, define an IP address for eth0, and leave the rp-pppoe script in rc-update. |
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Ctrl+Alt+Del
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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odd modem you got there... 
mine has no ip-adress |
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NotExcessive
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| Posted: Tue Sep 06, 2005 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Ctrl+Alt+Del wrote: | odd modem you got there...
mine has no ip-adress |
Hey it's NetComm 
To talk to it you have to give it an address and point that into Firefox. |
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