what are the packages which controls /etc/network/...please help

Dead Parrot · 11-01-2005, 05:42 PM

Quote:

if i try network-admin GUI for setting up ethernet lan it works ok and start at bootup.but afterthat i cannot get adsl connxn connected to web.ie by running 'pppoeconf' after eth0 is set with network-admin.

OK, sounds to me that network-admin isn't the right way to go, since you cannot connect to web after reboot.

Quote:

i deleted

all connections and ran pppoeconf and i tried
pon dsl-provider.ifconfig listed all ie eth0,lo,ppp0(connxn) properly and i can browse web now.if i restart debian,i need to run as #ifconfig eth0 up and #pon dsl-provider.

This sounds more promising. The only problem with this approach seems to be that you need to run "ifconfig eth0 up" and "pon dsl-provider" manually after each reboot.

I had this latter situation in mind when I suggested that you should add these both commands to /etc/init.d/local (so that they would be run automatically at boot). But you said that you tried this and "it produced a lot of instances of ppp and i need to run killall and poff -a etc." So apparently you shouldn't put *both* of these commands to /etc/init.d/local, but how about putting only "ifconfig eth0 up" there (without the quotes)?

If that brings eth0 successfully up during boot time, then the only thing that's left to worry about would be "pon dsl-provider", which you would still need to run manually after every reboot. But it would be one step closer to the solution. So give it a try and tell us how it turns out.

deepclutch · 11-06-2005, 09:58 PM

Hello All,I reconfigure network connexns and assigned IP addresses
for LAN etc and eth0 is starting at bootup.if i try 'pon dsl-provider', ppp0 is listed as active by ifconfig. however if i ran:

Code:

route add default ppp0

every time inorder to get connected

So How can i make 'ppp0' as defaultroute?
ifconfig lists eth0,lo and ppp0.but u cannot ping or browse web.my /etc/network/interfaces file:

Code:

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet static
name Ethernet LAN card
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

auto eth0

iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider

Please Help urgently...................

After "pon dsl-provider",
I need to run :

Code:

route add default ppp0

that will connect.i updated manually my ppp,pppoe and pppoeconf packages to latest unstable distros package inthe hope that it will work.after i upgraded pppoe/pppoeconf,my
/etc/network/interfaces files last line "pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up" was removed automatically.

.but that was OK as those lines are not bringing up my eth0 lan anyway.but now lan is working at boot,only problem is i need to run this again for internet adsl:

Code:

route add default ppp0

So my problem is how to make ppp0 as default connection rather than running :route add default ppp0 everytime.Please Help geeks urgently........

deepclutch · 11-07-2005, 12:54 PM

Please help bro...

deepclutch · 11-08-2005, 04:08 AM

SOLVED.I dont know how its got solved auto

magically!.I reinstalled ppp/pppoe/pppoeconf debs before removed all user/passwd in pap/chap lines and dsl-provider files.now my /etc/network/interfaces file looks like this:

Quote:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
iface eth0 inet static
name Ethernet LAN card
address 192.168.1.2
netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
network 192.168.1.0
gateway 192.168.1.1

auto eth0

iface dsl-provider inet ppp
provider dsl-provider
# please do not modify the following line
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf

b/w Thanks again.............