The following reply was made to PR misc/33898; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: jnemeth@victoria.tc.ca (John Nemeth)
To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org, misc-bug-people@NetBSD.org,
	gnats-admin@NetBSD.org, netbsd-bugs@NetBSD.org, netb@yuba.ne.jp
Cc: 
Subject: Re: misc/33898: "NetBSD Documentation: Steps to connect via PPPoE (DSL)" needs correction
Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 00:08:43 -0700

 On Oct 20,  9:52am, Henry Nelson wrote:
 }
 } The following reply was made to PR misc/33898; it has been noted by GNATS.
 } 
 } From: Henry Nelson <netb@yuba.ne.jp>
 } To: gnats-bugs@NetBSD.org
 } Cc: 
 } Subject: Re: misc/33898: "NetBSD Documentation: Steps to connect via PPPoE (DSL)" needs correction
 } Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 06:43:08 +0900
 } 
 }  On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 09:55:02AM +0000, Martin Husemann wrote:
 }  > The following reply was made to PR misc/33898; it has been noted by GNATS.
 }  >  On Mon, Jul 03, 2006 at 08:35:00AM +0000, henry nelson wrote:
 }  >  > 	If "/etc/ifconfig.pppoe0" has "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up" as its last line,
 }  >  > 	pppoe0 is always "inet 0.0.0.0 -> 0.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000"
 }  >  > 	and never gets a real ip address.
 }  >  
 }  >  It works for me just fine with netmask 0xff000000 (and I don't see why
 }  >  netmask should make a difference here).
 }  
 }  I don't think netmask has anything to do with the problem.  My problem
 }  report is about the "! /sbin/ifconfig pppoe0 inet " which I needed to
 }  prefix to the "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up" that is in the instructions.
 }  
 }  With only "0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up" in "/etc/ifconfig.pppoe0", it did not
 }  work.  As you know, I tried everything.  After I prefixed (only change)
 }  "! /sbin/ifconfig pppoe0 inet " to that, it started working immediately.
 }  
 }  If the "netmask 0xffffffff" that I added in my patch is incorrect,
 }  please remove it.  That is NOT the important part.  Prefixing the
 }  command is what is essential.  I will try it without the netmask as
 }  soon as possible, but now that the machine is in production it will
 }  be about 3 weeks before I can do shutdown maintenance.
 
      Can you try it with 'inet 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.1 up' in
 /etc/ifconfig.pppoe0, i.e. without the '! /sbin/ifconfig pppoe0' part
 on the front?  Given the way /etc/ifconfig.* is processed, this should
 be equivalent.
 
 }-- End of excerpt from Henry Nelson