T-DSL Settings and Intermittent COnnection Problems

[Peter.Robinson@t-online.de]

Hi debianers,

after a recent update to unstable (haha), I have been experiencing difficult to trace problems
in getting a net connection via pppoe to the German DSL (T-DSL) provider. Seemingly at random, it does
not work upon booting,but does work after 1..n reboots.

Here is what happens if I try to ifup the system (the DSL modem is on eth0).


anna:/home/peter# ifup -a
ifup: interface lo already configured
ifup: interface eth0 already configured
anna:/home/peter# /etc/init.d/networking restart
Reconfiguring network interfaces...ifup: interface lo already configured
done.
anna:/home/peter# plog
Nov 14 07:57:51 localhost pppd[5491]: sendPacket: send: Network is down
Nov 14 07:57:51 localhost pppd[5491]: Exit.
Nov 15 06:15:47 localhost pppd[5988]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Nov 15 06:15:47 localhost pppd[6027]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
Nov 15 06:15:47 localhost pppd[6027]: sendPacket: send: Network is down
Nov 15 06:15:47 localhost pppd[6027]: Exit.
Nov 15 06:21:45 localhost pppd[5188]: Plugin rp-pppoe.so loaded.
Nov 15 06:21:45 localhost pppd[5229]: pppd 2.4.3 started by root, uid 0
Nov 15 06:21:45 localhost pppd[5229]: sendPacket: send: Network is down
Nov 15 06:21:45 localhost pppd[5229]: Exit.
anna:/home/peter#



Thanks for any ideas

Peter