tech-net: Re: firewall problems with 2 DSL (PPPoE) feeds that alternate between ppp0 & ppp1

Subject: Re: firewall problems with 2 DSL (PPPoE) feeds that alternate between ppp0 & ppp1
To: Alicia da Conceicao <alicia@engine.ca>
From: Martin Husemann <martin@duskware.de>
List: tech-net
Date: 11/29/2002 14:31:53

On Fri, Nov 29, 2002 at 08:22:17AM -0500, Alicia da Conceicao wrote:

> Is there a way for PPP/PPPoE to be configured so that the first
> DSL provider is always allocated ppp0, and the second DSL provider
> is always allocated ppp1 (even if the first DSL provider is down)?

I think our in-kernel PPPoE support, see man pppoe(4), should be able to
handle this - but I have no scenario to test it myself. See the -a and
-s options to pppoectl(8).

Martin