[arch-general] netcfg pppoe 'error sending pppoe packet: Network is down'

[Javier Vasquez]

On 12/8/11, Thomas Bächler <thomas at archlinux.org> wrote:
> Am 08.12.2011 09:19, schrieb Ralf Mardorf:
>> Hi :)
>>
>> ...
>
> The problem here is that the 'eth0' interface is not up when pppd is
> launched. This would be easily solved by running
>  ip link set eth0 up
> before launching pppd, but netcfg doesn't know that. I always planned to
> write a 'pppoe' target for netcfg, but never did.
>
> I can't think of a good workaround right now, maybe someone else has an
> idea.

There are different ways of doing things...  I've used this (not for
the purpose of wireless of course but instead the one stated in here):

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Netcfg#Execute_commands_before.2Fafter_interface_up.2Fdown

And it has worked...  I've used as well with pppd instead of pppoe, similar to:

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PPPoE_Setup_with_pppd

but using netcfg.  At this moment I can't share any config though...

-- 
Javier.