Hi :) if I run (as root, there anyway still is no user) 'netcfg pppoe' I get 'error sending/receiving pppoe packet: Network is down'. I never set up a wired pppoe connection manually before. Cheers! Ralf PS: I've seen that there are 2 entries to edit and one might or might not be a typo. Perhaps I'm missing much more ;). # # /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux # # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # LOCALIZATION # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # [snip] LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8" DAEMON_LOCALE="no" HARDWARECLOCK="localtime" TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin" KEYMAP="de-latin1" CONSOLEFONT= CONSOLEMAP= USECOLOR="yes" # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # HARDWARE # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # [snip] MODULES=() # Udev settle timeout (default to 30) UDEV_TIMEOUT=30 # Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup USEDMRAID="no" # Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup USEBTRFS="no" # Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM USELVM="no" # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # NETWORKING # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # # HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts # HOSTNAME="archlinux" # Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces. # # [snip] #eth0="eth0 192.168.0.2 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255" #eth0="dhcp" #INTERFACES=(eth0) # Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown. # This is required if your root device is on NFS. NETWORK_PERSIST="no" # Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. [snip] NETWORKS=pppoe # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # DAEMONS # ----------------------------------------------------------------------- # [snip] DAEMONS=(hwclock syslog-ng !network !netfs crond) root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# cat etc/network.d/pppoe CONNECTION='ppp' INTERFACE=eth0 PEER='provider' PPP_TIMEOUT=10 root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# cat etc/hosts # # /etc/hosts: static lookup table for host names # #<ip-address> <hostname> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost archlinux ::1 localhost.localdomain localhost # End of file root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# cat etc/ppp/peers/alice # /etc/ppp/peers/your_provider plugin rp-pppoe.so # rp_pppoe_ac 'your ac name' # rp_pppoe_service 'your service name' # network interface eth0 # login name name "[snip]" usepeerdns persist # Uncomment this if you want to enable dial on demand #demand #idle 180 defaultroute hide-password noauth root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# ls etc/ppp/peers -hAl total 4 -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 303 Dec 8 08:01 alice lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 5 Dec 8 08:11 provider -> alice root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# cat etc/ppp/pap-secrets # Secrets for authentication using PAP # client server secret IP addresses "[snip]" * "[snip]" root@PartedMagic:/media/sda9# cat etc/ppp/pppoe.conf # [snip] # Ethernet card connected to DSL modem ETH='sth0' ### ??? TYPO #### # PPPoE user name. [snip] USER='[snip]' # Bring link up on demand? [snip] DEMAND=no #DEMAND=300 # [snip] DNSTYPE=SERVER # [snip] PEERDNS=yes DNS1= DNS2= # Make the PPPoE connection your default route. [snip] DEFAULTROUTE=yes ### ONLY TOUCH THE FOLLOWING SETTINGS IF YOU'RE AN EXPERT # [snip] # If you are using rp-pppoe on a physically-inaccessible host, set # CONNECT_TIMEOUT to 0. This makes SURE that the machine keeps trying # to connect forever after pppoe-start is called. Otherwise, it will # give out after CONNECT_TIMEOUT seconds and will not attempt to # connect again, making it impossible to reach. CONNECT_TIMEOUT=30 ### TODO ### # How often in seconds pppoe-start polls to check if link is up CONNECT_POLL=2 # Specific desired AC Name ACNAME= # Specific desired service name SERVICENAME= # Character to echo at each poll. Use PING="" if you don't want # anything echoed PING="." # File where the pppoe-connect script writes its process-ID. # Three files are actually used: # $PIDFILE contains PID of pppoe-connect script # $PIDFILE.pppoe contains PID of pppoe process # $PIDFILE.pppd contains PID of pppd process CF_BASE=`basename $CONFIG` PIDFILE="/var/run/$CF_BASE-pppoe.pid" # Do you want to use synchronous PPP? "yes" or "no". "yes" is much # easier on CPU usage, but may not work for you. It is safer to use # "no", but you may want to experiment with "yes". "yes" is generally # safe on Linux machines with the n_hdlc line discipline; unsafe on others. SYNCHRONOUS=no # Do you want to clamp the MSS? Here's how to decide: # - If you have only a SINGLE computer connected to the DSL modem, choose # "no". # - If you have a computer acting as a gateway for a LAN, choose "1412". # The setting of 1412 is safe for either setup, but uses slightly more # CPU power. CLAMPMSS=1412 ### TODO ### #CLAMPMSS=no ### TODO ### # LCP echo interval and failure count. LCP_INTERVAL=20 LCP_FAILURE=3 # PPPOE_TIMEOUT should be about 4*LCP_INTERVAL PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80 # Firewalling: One of NONE, STANDALONE or MASQUERADE FIREWALL=STANDALONE # Linux kernel-mode plugin for pppd. If you want to try the kernel-mode # plugin, use LINUX_PLUGIN=/etc/ppp/plugins/rp-pppoe.so LINUX_PLUGIN= # Any extra arguments to pass to pppoe. Normally, use a blank string # like this: PPPOE_EXTRA="" # Rumour has it that "Citizen's Communications" with a 3Com # HomeConnect DSL Modem DualLink requires these extra options: # PPPOE_EXTRA="-f 3c12:3c13 -S ISP" # Any extra arguments to pass to pppd. Normally, use a blank string # like this: PPPD_EXTRA="" ########## DON'T CHANGE BELOW UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING # If you wish to COMPLETELY overrride the pppd invocation: # Example: # OVERRIDE_PPPD_COMMAND="pppd call dsl" # If you want pppoe-connect to exit when connection drops: # RETRY_ON_FAILURE=no