I second that. Gentoo probably isn't working because you have a custom
pppoe networking configuration. The others are built with a standard dhcp
configuration. Wipe your custom stuff and all will be well.
On Dec 16, 2010 6:29 PM, "Paul Hartman"
<paul.hartman+gen...@gmail.com<paul.hartman%2bgen...@gmail.com>>
wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 16, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Philip Webb <purs...@ca.inter.net> wrote:
>> I've run into a bizarre problem with broadband & modems.
>
>> Both Mandriva & my Gentoo use Kernel 2.6.33 & I've recompiled the kernel
>> to include all the various PPP-related drivers Mandriva compiles as
modules
>> (I have them as part of the actual kernel via 'Y', not as modules);
>> I've also recompiled Gentoo pkgs 'ppp baselayout sysvinit';
>> I've also tried copying options from Mandriva files in /etc/ppp/
>> to similar files in Gentoo, though they use the older Rp-pppoe approach.
>> Still the same line in 'daemon.log' : "timeout waiting for PADO packets,
>> unable to complete PPPoE discovery".
>
> If it's a modem+router combo, do you need to worry about PPPoE at all
> on your computer anymore? I think typically the router would take care
> of that for you, and all your PC does is get a DHCP address (NAT) from
> the router and is done with it, at least that's how all the ones I've
> seen behave (unless you've intentially disabled the router part and
> are using your PC as the router or are going routerless). Just
> throwing it out there. :)
>
