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Date:      Sat, 11 Jan 2003 09:59:49 -0500
From:      "Matthew Emmerton" <matt@gsicomp.on.ca>
To:        "Stephen D. Kingrea" <reytech@sover.net>, <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: newbie questions about pppoe and netgraph
Message-ID:  <001001c2b982$1710a8d0$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
References:  <Pine.BSI.4.21.0301110836380.5847-100000@granite.sover.net>

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> attempting to run pppoe on freebsd 4.7 over cable/dsl connection.
>
> manual says kernel recompilation unnecessary for this release in
> order to run pppoe. however, netgraph does not seem to be loading at boot
> time. additionally, pppoe seems unable to get past lcp when connecting.
>
> how can i tell if netgraph is active after boot? if not, can netgraph
> modules be loaded at boot by adding necessary lines into loader.conf? or
> is recompiling kernel a preferred method?

If netgraph and pppoe support are not present in your kernel (or not loaded
from modules automatically), the ppp program will complain loudly.

Can you post part of your ppp log file so that we can determine if the lack
of pppoe is your problem or if it's something else?

--
Matt Emmerton



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