Subject: Re: problems reconnecting via PPPoE
To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?C=E9sar_Catri=E1n_C=2E?= <ccatrian@eml.cc>
From: Quentin Garnier <cube@cubidou.net>
List: tech-net
Date: 04/20/2005 18:06:21
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On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:57:00AM -0400, C=E9sar Catri=E1n C. wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Apr 2005 17:22:05 +0200
> Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de> wrote:
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> > On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 11:07:38AM -0400, C=E9sar Catri=E1n C. wrote:
> > > ! /usr/pkg/sbin/pppoa2 -vpi 8 -vci 32 -v 0 -b > /dev/null 2>&1
> >=20
> > Does this reset your modem?
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> > Martin
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> This daemon actually talks PPPoA to the Speedtouch ADSL modem, and do att=
ach=20
> itself to the tap(4) device, offering an interface to be used by PPP.

If it talks PPPoA to the modem, then why would it offer a PPPoE interface
instead of directly a PPP interface?  This looks completely bogus.

--=20
Quentin Garnier - cube@cubidou.net - cube@NetBSD.org
"When I find the controls, I'll go where I like, I'll know where I want
to be, but maybe for now I'll stay right here on a silent sea."
KT Tunstall, Silent Sea, Eye to the Telescope, 2004.

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