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MikePark
04-10-2001, 04:06 PM
Hi, I just installed it, and I believe the kernel is 2.2.16
I couldn't find a pppoe client in the the install or contribution package. Can anyone recommend a pppoe client that works well under my kernel version and slackware 7.1?

Also, I have 2 NICs. I did netconf for eth0, which I want to use as my internal interface for my lan. But, I don't want to configure eth1, since it will be the external interface through an ADSL connection. Is there someway I can bring it up, without doing "ifconfig eth1 up" all the time? I came from 2 different distros, mandrake and debian. In debian, I just added the line "eth1 up" on one of the ppp files. In debian there was /etc/network/interfaces, which I could edit to bring up my eth0 interface along with ipaddress and netmask. In Slackware what file does netconfg write to? Pls excuse me, I'm just new and confused. :confused:

Tyr-7BE
04-10-2001, 05:16 PM
Hrmmm... http://www.roaringpenguin.com/ has worked as a pppoe client for pretty much everyone I've ever seen. It sets itself up and asks you questions (such as 'which interface do you wish to use for your pppoe?").
As for bringing up your interface without ifconfig every time, can you just put ifconfig into your init scripts? That's what I did back when Mandy wouldn't detect my eth0. Just a "modprobe eth0" into my init scripts, followed by "adsl-start". Worked like a charm :)