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Date:      Wed, 3 May 2000 12:36:57 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Mikhail Teterin <mi@privatelabs.com>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Cc:        brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject:   conf/18370: the sample ppp.conf lacks a PPPoE entry
Message-ID:  <200005031636.MAA74511@misha.privatelabs.com>

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>Number:         18370
>Category:       conf
>Synopsis:       the sample ppp.conf lacks a PPPoE entry
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          doc-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Wed May  3 09:40:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mikhail Teterin
>Release:        FreeBSD 4.0-STABLE i386
>Organization:
Virtual Estates, Inc.
>Environment:

>Description:

	See Synposis.

>How-To-Repeat:

	Ask your father to figure out how to configure ppp to
	use PPPoE :)

>Fix:
	The following patch may help figuring things out. Stolen from
		http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/pppoe.html

--- ppp.conf	Fri Aug 27 19:24:08 1999
+++ ppp.conf	Wed May  3 12:30:11 2000
@@ -36 +36,13 @@
  set authkey PASSWORD
+
+# The following entry can be used with ``ppp -ddial pppoe'' command.
+# Search the handbook and FAQ for PPPoE for more information.
+# Put the login name and password your ISP gave you in right place:
+pppoe:
+ set device PPPoE:xl1 # replace xl1 with your ethernet device
+ set mru 1492
+ set mtu 1492
+ set authname YOURLOGINNAME
+ set authkey YOURPASSWORD
+ set dial
+ set login

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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