Problems with pppoe - sendPacket: send: Network is down

[jules.trombone@k1ka.be]

Hello,

For the 1rst time, I've installed a Debian box that must connect directly to the
net via DSL. I've an Alcatel Speedtouch modem connected to eth0, my local
private network is on eth1 (this works without problems).

I've used pppoeconf and the connection has worked in a few seconds right out of
the box. But after a reboot, the connection didn't work. I've re-done the
configuration, all seemed right, but once again that was cancelled after a
reboot.

Finally, I've seen that eth0 becomes not "up" with the connection-process. If I
manually do

#ifconfig eth0 up

without specifying an address, the connection works well (in fact, when you use
pppoeconf, the interface was loaded during the configuration).

Here's my /etc/network/interfaces:

# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).

# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

# The primary network interface
allow-hotplug eth1
iface eth1 inet static
   address 192.168.0.1
   netmask 255.255.255.0
   network 192.168.0.0
   broadcast 192.168.0.255
   # dns-* options are implemented by the resolvconf package, if installed
   dns-nameservers 195.238.2.21 195.238.2.22
   dns-search champignac

iface skynet inet ppp
pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up # line maintained by pppoeconf
provider skynet

auto eth0

iface eth0 inet manual

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I've just replaced 'dsl-provider' by the name of my ISP (skynet), but the
problem was the same with the original filename.

Has someone encountered that problem ? I've done many searchs via Google with
the message writed in the logs (sendPacket: send: Network is down) but found
nothing appropriate.

Thanks in advance,

J.