Re: updates to the base system packages list

[Goswin von Brederlow <brederlo@informatik.uni-tuebingen.de>]

Matthias Urlichs <smurf@smurf.noris.de> writes:

> Hi, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> 
> > Last time I tried the kernel pppoe my DSL was baned for a day. Anyone else
> > have that effect? (germany, T-online)
> 
> Wrong password, unrelated to which flavor of pppoe you're using.
> 
> I had to go back to the deprecated version for a few hours last month when
> my gateway's power supply broke down. There were absolutely no problems
> either way, both worked perfectly, though if you don't have a pre-built
> setup available the in-kernel driver IMHO is somewhat easier to configure
> correctly.

How so? Looks both pretty much the same for me:

Replace

  pty "pppoe -I eth1 -T 80"

with (from memory)

  plugin /usr/lib/pppd/2.4.2/rp-pppoe.so
  eth1

Or am I doing something wrong chaning from user mode to kernel mode?

MfG
        Goswin