Internet Configuration Wizard

[Salvatore Enrico Indiogine]

Hi David!

On RHL9 I could not make DSL to work with the GUI.  I used
/sbin/adls-setup and it worked well.  Just do not implement a firewall
during the DSL setup.

Ciao,
Enrico

On Fri, 2003-11-21 at 09:06, David wrote:
> I have a DSL connection to the internet with SBC.  Using the Internet 
> Configuration Wizard one has to enter a provider name such as "SBC" 
> resulting in a file "/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-SBC" being 
> created to hold its configuration data.
> 
> However during bootup, I received a message for file "ifcfg-ppp0" not 
> found and the connection is not made.
> 
> On a lark, I went back to the wizard, this time using provider name 
> "ppp0", resulting in a file 
> "/etc/sysconfig/networking-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0" for the config data.
> 
> Now during bootup, the ifcfg-ppp0 is found and the connection is made as 
> desired.
> 
> My question is, shouldn't the bootup have been properly trying to find 
> "ifcfg-SBC" when starting up ppp0 with the original configuration setup?
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Salvatore Enrico Indiogine
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