1PPPOE-CONNECT(8)            System Manager's Manual           PPPOE-CONNECT(8)
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NAME

6       pppoe-connect - Shell script to manage a PPPoE link
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SYNOPSIS

10       pppoe-connect [config_file]
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DESCRIPTION

17       pppoe-connect  is a shell script which manages a PPPoE connection using
18       the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client.  If you omit  config_file,
19       the default file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used.  If
20       you supply interface and user, then they override the  Ethernet  inter‐
21       face and user-name settings in the configuration file.
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23       Note  that  normally,  you  should  not  invoke pppoe-connect directly.
24       Instead, use pppoe-start to bring up the PPPoE connection.
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26       pppoe-connect first reads a configuration file.  It then  brings  up  a
27       PPPoE connection.  If the connection ever drops, a message is logged to
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29       each  time  the  connection is dropped or cannot be established, pppoe-
30       connect executes the script /etc/ppp/pppoe-lost if  it  exists  and  is
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34       The  shell  script  pppoe-stop causes pppoe-connect to break out of its
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TECHNICAL DETAILS

39       pppoe-connect uses the following shell variables from the configuration
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43       ETH    The  Ethernet interface connected to the DSL modem (for example,
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51              A file in which to write the  process-ID  of  the  pppoe-connect
52              process (for example, /var/run/pppoe.pid).  Two additional files
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57       By using different configuration files with different PIDFILE settings,
58       you can manage multiple PPPoE connections.  Just specify the configura‐
59       tion file as an argument to pppoe-start and pppoe-stop.
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AUTHOR

63       pppoe-connect was written by Dianne Skoll <dianne@skoll.ca>.
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65       The pppoe home page is https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/rp-pppoe/.
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SEE ALSO

69       pppoe(8), pppoe-start(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe-
70       setup(8),  pppoe-status(8),  pppoe-sniff(8),  pppoe-server(8),   pppoe-
71       relay(8)
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764th Berkeley Distribution      21 February 2000               PPPOE-CONNECT(8)
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