Bug 110247 - ppp / DSL connection problem
Summary: ppp / DSL connection problem
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: initscripts
Version: 1
Hardware: i686
OS: Linux
high
high
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Assignee: Bill Nottingham
QA Contact: Brock Organ
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-11-17 15:14 UTC by Mike Dill
Modified: 2014-03-17 02:40 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2004-10-07 16:36:08 UTC
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Description Mike Dill 2003-11-17 15:14:54 UTC
Description of problem:


Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
ppp-2.4.1-15

How reproducible:
Very.

DSL connection fails if the external nic is eth1.  But eth0 will work.
 The external nic is configured to not be active at boot - and to use
dhcp.  pppoe is supposed to activate the nic at connect time.  But it
cannot activate eth1 - butit CAN eth0.  Also - if the ifcfg file is
named anything other than ifcfg-ppp0, the dsl connection will also
fail.  I have confirmed it - and it is repeatable on 3 machine in my
possession.  Changing the external nic to eth0 and setting up the
ifcfg file name ifcfg-ppp0 makes a successful connection.  But this is
at best - a work-around.  This has been confirmed with other users as
well.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Install fedora with ppp;
2. Setup a connection with any name other than ppp0 ... with a
resulting ifcfg-<whatever> file in/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts. 
Also have it point to eth1 even if names ppp0 (ifcfg-ppp0);
3. Make sure the external nic is set for dhcp protocol and not to
activiate on boot.
4. Try to connect to your dsl.
  
Actual results:
It will fail to connect.

Expected results:
A usable dsl connection.

Additional info:
Changing the external nic to eth0 and setting up the ifcfg file name
ifcfg-ppp0 makes a successful connection.

Comment 1 Thomas Woerner 2004-10-07 14:09:58 UTC
This is not a ppp problem, assigning to initscripts.

Comment 2 Than Ngo 2004-10-07 16:36:08 UTC
As i know it's already fixed in current fc2 and later. Please reopen
it if the problem still appears. Thanks


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