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pppoe-start

PPPOE-START(8)						      System Manager's Manual						    PPPOE-START(8)

NAME

       pppoe-start - Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link

SYNOPSIS

       pppoe-start [config_file]

       pppoe-start interface user [config_file]

DESCRIPTION

       pppoe-start  is	a  shell  script  which  starts  the  Roaring  Penguin user-space PPPoE client.  If you omit config_file, the default file
       /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0 is used.  If you supply interface and user, then they override the Ethernet interface	and  user-
       name settings in the configuration file.

AUTHOR

       pppoe-start was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

       The pppoe home page is http://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/.

SEE ALSO

       pppoe(8),  pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5), pppoe-setup(8), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8), pppoe-
       server(8)

4th Berkeley Distribution					 21 February 2000						    PPPOE-START(8)