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

[Thomas Bächler]

Am 12.12.2011 15:58, schrieb Manolo Martínez:
> On 12/10/11 at 12:31pm, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
>> today I've got some time for my Arch Linux. Thomas, your hint does the job. Parallel to your reply I found
>>  ifconfig eth0 up
>>  netcfg pppoe
>> which does job too.
>>
> Just curious: I thought that netcfg raised eth0 itself?
> 
> M

No, netcfg is unaware that eth0 is needed. However, I wrote a pppoe
connection for netcfg the other day:

https://github.com/brain0/netcfg/commit/2ca1000cb43de71d95061d78cb2affe01590247a

It simplifies the configuration a lot and takes care of the little quirks.

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