AHOI! I've big trouble by setting up CentOS 6.3 for my new vDSL. As I've found out, the German Telekom is using VLAN7 for her internet-(data) connections. => http://workaround.org/blog/vdsl O.K. what I've done: The NIC where's my DSL-modem is connectet is eth0. cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # device for vDSL-modem DEVICE=eth0 HWADDR=00:30:1B:14:08:67 ONBOOT=yes HOTPLUG=no TYPE=Ethernet IPV6INIT=no IPV6-AUTOCONF=no cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 # VLAN7 device for vDSL DEVICE=eth0.7 ONBOOT=yes HOTPLUG=no TYPE=Ethernet VLAN=yes with pppoe-setup I've generated /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 cat /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 # generated with pppoe-setup USERCTL=yes BOOTPROTO=dialup NAME=DSLppp0 DEVICE=ppp0 TYPE=xDSL ONBOOT=yes PIDFILE=/var/run/pppoe-adsl.pid FIREWALL=NONE PING=. PPPOE_TIMEOUT=80 LCP_FAILURE=3 LCP_INTERVAL=20 CLAMPMSS=1412 CONNECT_POLL=6 CONNECT_TIMEOUT=60 DEFROUTE=yes SYNCHRONOUS=no ETH=eth0.7 PROVIDER=DSLppp0 USER=feste-ip/<benutzerkennung>@t-online-com.de PEERDNS=no DEMAND=no /etc/ppp/chap-secret an /etc/ppp/pap_secret hast follewing content: # Secrets for authentication using PAP/CAHP # client server secret IP addresses "feste-ip/-benutzerkennung at t-online-com.de" * "<PASSWORD>" cat /rpc/betvlan/eth0.7 is showing: eth0.7 VID: 7 REORDER_HDR: 1 dev->priv_flags: 1 total frames received 0 total bytes received 0 Broadcast/Multicast Rcvd 0 total frames transmitted 6 total bytes transmitted 192 total headroom inc 0 total encap on xmit 0 Device: eth0 INGRESS priority mappings: 0:0 1:0 2:0 3:0 4:0 5:0 6:0 7:0 EGRESS priority mappings: If I try to start my internet-connection with: ifup ppp0 After a while I can read at command line: /usr/sbin/adsl-start: line 217: 7297 Terminated $CONNECT "$@" > /dev/null 2>&1 Syslog reports: Feb 11 22:37:40 pml010050 pppd[7321]: pppd 2.4.5 started by django, uid 0 Feb 11 22:37:40 pml010050 pppd[7321]: Using interface ppp0 Feb 11 22:37:40 pml010050 pppd[7321]: connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts2 Feb 11 22:38:11 pml010050 pppd[7321]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Request Feb 11 22:38:11 pml010050 pppd[7321]: Connection terminated. Feb 11 22:38:11 pml010050 pppd[7321]: Modem hangup Feb 11 22:38:15 pml010050 pppd[7325]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Feb 11 22:38:15 pml010050 pppd[7321]: Exit. Feb 11 22:38:15 pml010050 pppoe-connect: PPPoE connection lost; attempting re-connection Feb 11 22:38:20 pml010050 pppd[7391]: pppd 2.4.5 started by django, uid 0 Feb 11 22:38:20 pml010050 pppd[7391]: Using interface ppp0 Feb 11 22:38:20 pml010050 pppd[7391]: connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/pts2 Feb 11 22:38:51 pml010050 pppd[7391]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Request Feb 11 22:38:51 pml010050 pppd[7391]: Connection terminated. Feb 11 22:38:51 pml010050 pppd[7391]: Modem hangup Feb 11 22:38:55 pml010050 pppd[7395]: Timeout waiting for PADO packets Feb 11 22:38:55 pml010050 pppd[7391]: Exit. So, where's the BUG? Thanx 4 help! Django