> > I have just installed a new NIC and rp-pppoe from pkgsrc. It all seems
> > configured right, except the NIC.
>
> you need to do an "ifconfig ne2 up" before starting this. No IP address
> needed, but the interface can not transmit packets if it is marked down.
>
> Just put "up" in /etc/ifconfig.ne2.
>
> (If you are running -current I'd recommend using the in-kernel PPPoE
> implementation, it's faster and it needs testing ;-} )
>

Thanks Martins (Husemann, and Weber who replied privately :)),

How would I go about using the in-kernel PPPoE? I'm already using the
in-kernel ipfilter/ipnat so might aswell use this too :)

TIA,
Gwilym
[nix rookie]