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pppoe-connect(8)


NAME

   pppoe-connect - Shell script to manage a PPPoE link

SYNOPSIS

   pppoe-connect [config_file]

   pppoe-connect interface user [config_file]

DESCRIPTION

   pppoe-connect  is a shell script which manages a PPPoE connection using
   the Roaring Penguin user-space PPPoE client.  If you omit  config_file,
   the  default file /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf is used.  If you supply interface
   and user, then they  override  the  Ethernet  interface  and  user-name
   settings in the configuration file.

   Note  that  normally,  you  should  not  invoke pppoe-connect directly.
   Instead, use pppoe-start to bring up the PPPoE connection.

   pppoe-connect first reads a configuration file.  It then  brings  up  a
   PPPoE connection.  If the connection ever drops, a message is logged to
   syslog, and pppoe-connect re-establishes the connection.  In  addition,
   each  time  the  connection is dropped or cannot be established, pppoe-
   connect executes the script /etc/ppp/pppoe-lost if  it  exists  and  is
   executable.

   The  shell  script  pppoe-stop causes pppoe-connect to break out of its
   loop, bring the connection down, and exit.

TECHNICAL DETAILS

   pppoe-connect uses the following shell variables from the configuration
   file:

   ETH    The  Ethernet interface connected to the DSL modem (for example,
          eth0).

   USER   The PPPoE user-id (for example, b1xxnxnx@sympatico.ca).

   PIDFILE
          A file in which to write the  process-ID  of  the  pppoe-connect
          process (for example, /var/run/pppoe.pid).  Two additional files
          ($PIDFILE.pppd and $PIDFILE.pppoe) hold the process-ID's of  the
          pppd and pppoe processes, respectively.

   By using different configuration files with different PIDFILE settings,
   you  can  manage  multiple  PPPoE  connections.    Just   specify   the
   configuration file as an argument to pppoe-start and pppoe-stop.

AUTHOR

   pppoe-connect was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

   The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.

SEE ALSO

   pppoe(8), pppoe-start(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe-
   setup(8),  pppoe-status(8),  pppoe-sniff(8),  pppoe-server(8),   pppoe-
   relay(8)



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