On Mon, 2006-09-11 at 15:16 -0700, Ali Jawad wrote: > Actually..you do not need to configure a nic address for pppoe..pppoe > operates lower than the IP layer..and its addresses are assgined to > the pppoe device once you authnicate through the pppoe concentrator So, if eth0 is my internal interface, and eth1 is where the ADSL modem is plugged in, I don't need to have eth1 up? Thanks Hans