ADSL modem, configured at boot time

[Bob Chiodini]

Martin Marques wrote:
> Tim escribió:
>> On Sun, 2007-04-01 at 15:03 -0300, Martin Marques wrote:
>>> # modprobe br2684
>>> # br2684ctl -c 0 -b -a 0.33
>>> # ifconfig nas0 up
>>> # adsl-setup
>>> # ifup ppp0
>>>
>>> Now, with the exception of adsl-setup, all the other commands I have 
>>> to execute then after booting the PC to get a conection to my ISP. I 
>>> there a way to get all this to work each time I reboot?
>>
>> Edit the /etc/rc.local script.
>>
>> NB:  You may want, or need, to enter the full path to those commands,
>> e.g. like "/sbin/ifconfig" rather than just "ifconfig".
>
> Yes, that's what I did, but shouldn't there be a way of adding, 
> specifically the br2684ctl line, this commands before the ppp0 
> interface is brought up using the network scripts?
>
Martin,

You could run the br2684ctl command from withing modprobe.conf.  See man 
modprobe.conf and take a look at the example for the install command.  
You might be able to alias br2684 to nas0 so that everything happens 
automatically when you ifconfig nas0 up.

Bob...