On 08/26/2011 04:08 PM, Heddle Weaver wrote:And elsewhere too, but your modem appears to be a router. In this case,
>
> All ISPs in Australia employ PPPoE.
> PPPoA is available, in many instances also.
it handles PPPoE by itself, and all you need is to get an ip from it via
dhcp.
It probably has a bridge mode in which your computer has to establish
the PPPoE connection, but unless you have a specific reason to want it,
let the modem do it.
In other words, get rid of ppp. You don't need it.
Bandit:/home/weaver# route -n
Kernel IP routing table
Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric Ref Use Iface
Bandit:/home/weaver#
.....No ppp!
Isn't it great?
And then, of course, we have:
Bandit:/home/weaver# ifconfig -a
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:15:60:c2:63:46
BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Interrupt:16
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
LOOPBACK MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B)
Which also endorses the fact that I have no connection whatsoever!
We have consistency!
I used to have a LAN problem and now I don't have it any more!
A LAN, I mean, and lesser minds would be somewhat nonplussed by this.
But not me!
A mere bagatelle!
It's a unique way of dealing with a problem that I simply haven't come across before, for some obscure reason.
If you have a problem within any given environment, simply remove the environment!
Just think of the potential in regard to other more major issues!
Planetary pollution?
Simply remove the planet!
Here I await,
Breath abate,
for even greater revelations from this list.
Please, keep them coming.
I get my new, secondhand PC delivered tomorrow morning.
Stand by for the next episode in 'Weaver - Lost In The Network!'
Regards,
Weaver.
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