[ale] Need help with Speedfactory dsl

[James Sumners]

I have my ethernet device configured for DHCP and pppd to start up on
boot. It seems to work out well.

On 6/18/05, Jim Seymour <bluejay at speedfactory.net> wrote:
> I am having a problem with my dsl connection interface not coming up on
> boot. This used to work however something has changed somewhere. Run
> pppoeconf to configure pppoe and for interfaces in /etc/network I have.
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet ppp
>         provider dsl-provider
> 
> I have to manually bring the interface as well as dsl after I boot. This
> configuration is straight from the Debian Reference. This is a Debian
> Sarge system if that helps. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I am
> running the Speedfactory Platinum DSL. The system logs haven't helped at
> this point.
> 
> Many Thanks,
> 
> Jim Seymour
> 
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