Hello,
the fact that the "adsl-setup" program that configures pppoe connections
is not dialog-based leads to inconsistent UI in the net-setup script.
Also, since the livecd kernel contains the working pppoe implementation,
there is no real need to keep that package.
Indeed, a working pppoe connection could be established without
rp-pppoe, by running the following commands:
modprobe ppp
modprobe pppoe
ip link set eth0 up
# Some ISPs require CHAP auth, the file is /etc/ppp/chap-secrets then
echo "test * password *" >>/etc/ppp/pap-secrets
pppd plugin rp-pppoe.so eth0 user test noauth
Therefore, I propose to remove rp-pppoe, adjust the example
/etc/ppp/pap-secrets, and create the /etc/ppp/peers/pppoe with the
following contents:
plugin rp-pppoe.so
eth0
user jdoe
noauth
hide-password
debug
defaultroute
noipdefault
usepeerdns
remotename pppoe
Then adjust our net-setup script so that it can edit that file.
Any objections? The rp-pppoe.so file is a part of ppp package, not rp-pppoe.
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Alexander E. Patrakov
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