[RP-PPPoE] pppoe interface name change

SIMON BABY simonkbaby at gmail.com
Fri Oct 23 22:56:15 EDT 2020


Thank you Dianne.
I have the below in my /etc/ppp/pppoe.conf.  Is there a way I can pass
this  to the pppd process via any of your scripts. pppoe_start,
pppoe_connect etc. ?

# Ethernet card connected to DSL modem
ETH='eth7'

Regards
Simon

On Fri, Oct 23, 2020 at 7:11 PM Dianne Skoll <dianne at skoll.ca> wrote:

> > 1.  I see an interface with the name ppp0 created  (verified with
> ifconfig).
> > 2.  Is there a way I could create the interface with a different name ?
> > something like eth7.ppp0 ?
>
> pppd has an "ifname" option that lets you specify the name of the
> interface.
>
> See "man pppd" and the "ifname" option.
>
> Regards,
>
> Dianne.
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