[RP-PPPoE] Manually setting a PPPoE interface down/up

[Dianne Skoll]

On Fri, 2 Feb 2018 11:43:40 -0800
Patrick Mahan <mahan at mahan.org> wrote:

> What should be the expected behavior if I set a PPPoE interface (ppp0)
> down with -

>   'ip link set ppp0 down'

> then

>   'ip link set ppp0 up'

> I was expecting to see my pppd if-down and if-up scripts be triggered,
> but this does not seem to be the case.

No, "ip" is very low-level and only adjusts the link itself.  You need
to use a distribution-specific command, I think.  On Debian, it would
be ifdown ppp0 / ifup ppp0, I believe.  Not sure about other Linux
distros.

Regards,

Dianne.