Bug#265183: pppoe workaround of the post-reboot problem
The thing that happens as a by-product of pppoeconf that enables the
pppoe to work later on is the loading of the pppoe module. So to have
pppoe working after reboot, `modprobe pppoe' is needed before `pon
dsl-provider'. I think pppoeconf should have done something differently
with the files it generated so that the module loading would have been
transparent to the user. FWIW, here's the /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider it
had generated. See this also in connection with the routing quirk
described in the original report (that had to be worked around with the
assigning of a static address).
Eduard: please feel free to fork #265183 to pppoeconf bugs (on the
routing and the module loading issues), or just ask me to do so.
(However, I'm going on vacation and will be offline for the next week,
though, so I'll be unable to open the new bugs right away).
# Configuration file for PPP, using PPP over Ethernet
# to connect to a DSL provider.
#
# See the manual page pppd(8) for information on all the options.
##
# Section 1
#
# Stuff to configure...
# MUST CHANGE: Uncomment the following line, replacing the user@provider.net
# by the DSL user name given to your by your DSL provider.
# (There should be a matching entry in /etc/ppp/pap-secrets with the password.)
#user myusername@myprovider.net
# Use the pppoe program to send the ppp packets over the Ethernet link
# This line should work fine if this computer is the only one accessing
# the Internet through this DSL connection. This is the right line to use
# for most people.
#pty "/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1452"
# An even more conservative version of the previous line, if things
# don't work using -m 1452...
#pty "/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0 -T 80 -m 1412"
# If the computer connected to the Internet using pppoe is not being used
# by other computers as a gateway to the Internet, you can try the following
# line instead, for a small gain in speed:
#pty "/usr/sbin/pppoe -I eth0 -T 80"
# The following two options should work fine for most DSL users.
# Assumes that your IP address is allocated dynamically
# by your DSL provider...
noipdefault
# Try to get the name server addresses from the ISP.
usepeerdns
# Use this connection as the default route.
# Comment out if you already have the correct default route installed.
defaultroute
##
# Section 2
#
# Uncomment if your DSL provider charges by minute connected
# and you want to use demand-dialing.
#
# Disconnect after 300 seconds (5 minutes) of idle time.
#demand
#idle 300
##
# Section 3
#
# You shouldn't need to change these options...
hide-password
lcp-echo-interval 20
lcp-echo-failure 3
# Override any connect script that may have been set in /etc/ppp/options.
connect /bin/true
noauth
persist
mtu 1492
# RFC 2516, paragraph 7 mandates that the following options MUST NOT be
# requested and MUST be rejected if requested by the peer:
# Address-and-Control-Field-Compression (ACFC)
noaccomp
# Asynchronous-Control-Character-Map (ACCM)
default-asyncmap
plugin rp-pppoe.so eth0
user "[CENSORED]"
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