pppoe grinds to a halt

[Donn Ingle]

> It is not possible to mix these two!
Oh. I didn't know.

> So please before (being even able) to proced with debugging provide a bit
> more detailed information about your topology being used.
Well, I did really. It's like this:
"ISP" <--wireless--> Box (on my roof) <---ethernet cable ---> eth2 (Kubuntu)
(And I have an internal network from eth3, but that's not part of the picture.)

Usually I get an IP address on eth2 from the ISP. It may be coming
from the box on the roof, I just don't know. Only sometimes do I use
the static IP for eth2 - as described earlier. To do that, I edit the
interfaces file and restart eth2.

To begin with, I did a pppoeconf and went thru the steps. It
discovered eth2 had the "access concentrator" and now I use 'pon
dsl-provider' to connect. Works fine until it grinds to a stop, or
until pppoe just refuses to connect again when I pon.

Sorry I can't be more explicit, this is just not my field.

I am waiting for another provider to come rolling into town (hopefully
before the end of the month, but I have waited 2 months already) and
then I'll try them, perhaps these problems will simply melt away.

Thx for the focus and help you have given so far Thilo.

\d