Hi, Shirish Agarwal wrote: > Hi all, > I configured an ADSL modem/router Huawei MT880 with pppoeconf. I'm able > to surf the web using the command > > Code: > > pon dsl-provider Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded > > > Then after surfing when I give > > Code: > > poff /usr/bin/poff: /bin/kill failed. None stopped > > > I gave the command again > > Code: > > poff /usr/bin/poff: /bin/kill failed. None stopped > > > the same thing happens. > > Then again I gave > > Code: > > pon dsl-provider Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded > > sometimes it also gives something like some interface is already up or > something like tht. > > Then after reading the man I gave > > Code: > > poff -a > > > I get some other error but the connection is off. > > Then giving the command while the connection is on > > Code: > > ifconfig ppp0 link ecap : Point-to-point protocol inet address : > 59.95.14.24 P-T-P : 59.95.0.1 Mask : 255.255.255.255 UP POINT POINT > RUNNING NO ARP MULTICAST MTU: 1492 METRIC :1 Rx Packets : 18 errors :0 > dropped :0 overruns :0 frame :0 Tx packets :5 errors:0 dropped :0 > overruns :0 carrier :0 collisons :0 txqueueclean:3 Rx bytes :932 > (932.0b) Tx bytes : 134 (134.0b) > > > Now question time, > 1. what is this Plugin rp-pppoe.so which is loaded? Is it a library or > what & where is it reside(location with the whole path) ?
Chances are that it is PPPoE plugin, which is probably for running PPP over Ethernet protocol. Mine [ FC5 (AMD64) ] resides here /usr/lib64/pppd/2.4.3/ . > > 2. of the two addresses given, one of them would be the dynamic IP which > is given by the ISP. Now of the 2 which is dynamic & what is other IP > from inet or P-T-P ? Your IPv4 address is 59.9.5.14.24 whereas ISP's is 59.95.0.1 . BtW, it is clearly indicated in the dump. > > 3. The Rx packets & Tx packets would be packets received & send right? > If so, what does tx queueclean stand for? It should be probably txqueuelen (probably misposted) . For description of txqueuelen, read manpage of ifconfig. > > 4. Lastly, the poff has many options starting with [-r] [-d] [-c] [-a] > [-h] [up-name] , what are these options & what do they mean? Look poff (or pon) manpage. Or if you don't have manpage, check this: http://manpages.debian.net/cgi-bin/display_man.cgi?id=3d78d8bb25450bf8917243d8ccb57a8e&format=html > > > All of the things are hand-written notes as they appeared on the screen > so if some of the things should appear on the same line but appears but > on the next line as I've written then it might be what I've written & > not on the screen. So the content look might be different but the > content itself is 100% accurate. > Thanks for posting this at the end. Ashish Shukla -- आशीष शुक्ला alias "Wah Java !!" http://wahjava.wordpress.com/ http://wahjava.googlepages.com/ All that looks C00L is not necessarily validable -- Ashish Shukla "Wah Java !!" _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
