Subject: Re: Pb with my "Network interfaces" or with my "adsl connection"
To: Xc0r <xc0r@ifrance.com>
From: Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.lip6.fr>
List: current-users
Date: 05/31/2001 21:32:47
On Thu, May 31, 2001 at 08:39:20PM +0200, Xc0r wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I have a pb for config my adsl connection
> I don't know if the problem comes from my network card (NETGEAR FA-310fxt)
> or my adsl connection
> 
> i have this in dmesg msg :
> 
> ....
> tlp0 at pci0 dev 15 function 0: Lite-On 82C169 Ethernet, pass 2.0
> tlp0: interrupting at irq 5
> tlp0: Ethernet address 00:a0:cc:60:aa:6e
> ukphy0 at tlp0 phy 1: Generic IEEE 802.3u media interface
> ukphy0: BCM5201 10/100 media interface (OUI 0x001018, model 0x0021), rev. 2
> ukphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
> .....
> 
> 
> when I type
> $ ifconfig tlp0
> I have this :
> 
> bash-2.04# ifconfig tlp0
> tlp0: flags=8802<BROADCAST,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
>         media: Ethernet autoselect (10baseT)
>         status: active
> ( so my network card is recognize and it s configured , isn't it ? )
> 
> So, I have isntalled "Roaring Penguin's PPPoE Software" for configure my
> adsl connection
> when it's ask me my "Ethernet Interface", I write "tlp0"
> but when I start my connection i have this msg :
> May 31 19:55:26  pppd[520]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0
> May 31 19:55:26  pppd[520]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyp3
> May 31 19:55:26  pppoe[522]: Interface tlp0 is not up

You need to make the interface up:
ifconfig tlp0 up

You can put 'up' in /etc/ifconfig.tlp0 to make this happen at boot time.

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Manuel Bouyer <bouyer@antioche.eu.org>
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