[ale] Need help with Speedfactory dsl

[Jim Seymour]

On Sat, Jun 18, 2005 at 02:35:28PM -0400, Jim Seymour wrote:
> I am having a problem with my dsl connection interface not coming up on
> boot. This used to work however something has changed somewhere. Run
> pppoeconf to configure pppoe and for interfaces in /etc/network I have.
> 
> auto eth1
> iface eth1 inet ppp
> 	provider dsl-provider
> 
> I have to manually bring the interface as well as dsl after I boot. This
> configuration is straight from the Debian Reference. This is a Debian
> Sarge system if that helps. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. I am
> running the Speedfactory Platinum DSL. The system logs haven't helped at
> this point.
> 

Looks like adding the following command before the iface command works

pre-up /sbin/ifconfig eth0 up

Thanks,

Jim Seymour

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