[CentOS] PPPoE setup

[Robert Moskowitz]

Ramon Nieto wrote:
>
>
> --- El *mié 2-jul-08, Robert Moskowitz /<rgm at htt-consult.com>/* escribió:
>
>     De:: Robert Moskowitz <rgm at htt-consult.com>
>     Asunto: [CentOS] PPPoE setup
>     A: "CentOS mailing list" <centos at centos.org>
>     Fecha: miércoles, 2 julio, 2008, 4:09 pm
>
>     My provider is getting ready to switch my DSL router to bridging mode 
>     and I supply the router (so I can get no only IPv4 addresses but also 
>     IPv6 addresses!).
>
>     Here are his 'instructions' to me:
>
>     "Basically you start pppoe, I give you the username and password for it,
>     and then I set the router to passthrough
>      modem mode, and you initiate
>     the PPPoE session directly with my LNS back here. You'll get a dynamic
>     IP on the dsl side
>      (which is normal) and then you just set up your
>     static routes in the linux box as normal. My LNS automatically routes
>     your traffic to the IP it randomly assigns to the DSL link. Once we
>     verify that IP6CP is up, I can assign you a /48 and you can rock out
>     with that however you want."
>
>
>
>     Currently I have a /26 IPv4 assignment which will continue.
>
>     So do I change the alias in modprobe.conf from eth0 to ppp0?  Or is just 
>     listing interface eth0 in hte pppoe.conf file enough?
>
>      From my ISP's comments, the pppoe negotiation will provide the address 
>     for eth0.  I already know my /26 allocation.  I need to set up static 
>     routes on eth1 for these IPv4 addresses (different subnets to different 
>     internal firewalls).  What tool do I use to set these?
>
>     And then I get to work with
>      IPv6!
>
>     Pointers to Howtos are greatly appreciated.
>
>
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> Robert,
>
> No, do not modify the alias for eth0, leave modprobe.conf unchanged.
>

OK.  That is what I thought.  I suspect the advice I found was for a 
different distro.

>
> How did you configured the pppoe link?
>

I haven't yet.  Trying to get the steps down before I do.  Once I start, 
I am off the net until it works.

>
> I have been using the adsl-setup command from the rp-pppoe package  to 
> configure the dsl link, it generates the ifcfg-ppp0 file on 
> /etc/sysconfig/network/scripts with the values needed to bring the 
> link up such as the username, network interface to use, etc.
>
> Also the adsl-setup command stores the username and password on the 
> chap-secrets and pap-secrets files under /etc/ppp
>
> After the dsl is configured you can bring it up /down with the 
> adsl-start adsl-stop commands.
>         
>
OK.  I see the adsl-setup command in both /sbin and /usr/sbin.  So I can 
run them and see what they produce.

What do you do to get adsl-start to run at boot (and at the proper point 
in booting).