Re: pppoe: upgrading ppp to 2.4.3-20041231+3, which is now in

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@013.net>]

On Sat, Apr 23, 2005 at 02:27:17PM +0300, Shaul Karl wrote:
> 
>   ppp (2.4.3-20041231+3) has reached testing in the last few days.
>   This message is about upgrading it safely when it is used as suggested
> by the maintainer.
>   Up to this version, the maintainer suggested using 
> 
>     auto myisp
>     iface myisp inet ppp
>         provider dsl-provider
> 
> in /etc/network/interfaces.
>   Now, with 2.4.3-20041231+3, he warns in
> /usr/share/doc/ppp/NEWS.Debian.gz that
> 
>   * Removed patch 057_pppoe-interface-change which was refused by the
>     upstream maintainer. Now users must arrange for the ethernet
>     interface used for PPPoE to be up.
> 		  
> 		  
>   Should
> 
>     auto myisp
>     iface myisp inet ppp
>         pre-up   ifconfig `grep eth /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider` up
>         provider dsl-provider
> 
> do the trick? I prefer getting the right answer from the list rather
> then risking my Internet connectivity with trial and error.


     auto myisp
     iface myisp inet ppp
         pre-up    ifconfig `grep eth /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider` up
         provider  dsl-provider
         post-down ifconfig `grep eth /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider` down

in /etc/network/interfaces seems to do the trick.