Re: [PLUG] pppoe on debian

[Nicolai Rosen <laktar@logicaldisconnect.com>]

On Thu, 24 May 2001, M. Jackson Wilkinson wrote:
> > The interface should be "up" before you connect but should not be
> > configured to have an ip address
> > 
> > So what does ""up"" mean?
> 
> it should show up in ifconfig, or 
> 
> ifconfig eth0 up

That's interesting. ifup doesn't seem to be able to bring up interfaces
without ip addresses and the like. I figured that all of that info (at
least for real devices, obviously not the local loop) was necessary to
bring eth0 or similar.

Thanks

Nicolai Rosen, Laktar@LogicalDisconnect.com
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