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Date:      Mon, 8 May 2006 21:05:02 -0400
From:      "Michael P. Soulier" <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   setting up pppoe
Message-ID:  <20060509010502.GF25964@tigger.digitaltorque.ca>

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People,

I found this section in the handbook

http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/pppoe.html

and it mentions a ppp.conf file like so

default:
  set log Phase tun command # you can add more detailed logging if you wish
  set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0

name_of_service_provider:
  set device PPPoE:xl1 # replace xl1 with your Ethernet device
  set authname YOURLOGINNAME
  set authkey YOURPASSWORD
  set dial
  set login
  add default HISADDR

I'm confused. Why would I set an ifaddr when it's a PPPoE connection? I don=
't
know what IP I'm going to be assigned yet.=20

What is ifaddr for?

This is also surprising

[msoulier@kanga ~]$ man ppp.conf
No manual entry for ppp.conf

Seems to be in ppp(8) though.=20

I'm just looking to use a PPPoE connection with my ISP.=20

Thanks,
Mike

--=20
Michael P. Soulier <msoulier@digitaltorque.ca>
"Any intelligent fool can make things bigger and more complex... It
takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite
direction." --Albert Einstein

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