Antoine Jacoutot wrote: > Jason McIntyre wrote: >> my hostname.pppoe0 file does this without problem. i guess the problem >> is you specify an exact ip, but a wildcard for your gateway. > > Sorry about that. I was not very clear. In fact, I also tried to set the > gateway to a fixed IP, but it does not change anything, I still can't > connect.
pppoe allows setting of local and peer addresses, and will request/require these values when it negotiates the address. 0.0.0.0 and 0.0.0.1 are special in that they allow the addresses sent by the peer to be accepted. >> whether it will fix your problem (app binding in rc.local) i don't know. > > Actually I know it does since even when not connected yet, the pppoe0 > interface has already an IP assigned and the application can start > without a problem. > Anyway, this particular thing is not very important, I just want to know > if there's a way to set a fixed IP/gateway in hostname.pppoe0 and be > able to connect. It is probably a problem with your ISP. It wants to give you a (fixed) address. It does not allow you to specify an address, even if they are the same. As a workaround, if you are using -current, you can use ifstated. In -current pppoe brings its link state 'up' when the IP layer is open (ie. has an address). Can
