[H-GEN] rpppoe problem

[Sandra Milne]

OK, I admit I fiddled with something. Now that that's out of the way, 
here's my problem and what I've done to try and solve it.

I type adsl-start and it goes through the motions then times out.
I look at the output of ifconfig and it tells me that eth1 is up but 
with no IP.
I type ifdown eth1 and it replies interface eth1 is not configured
Even with a --force I cannot take down the interface. I reboot and all 
is as it should be.
I thought "OK, this is because I stupidly did something in the 
adsl-start script when I knew I shouldn't touch it" so I reinstalled 
rpppoe using the ./go script. (After removing the offending lines from 
the adsl-start script with no change.)
Still get the exact same problem.
So I think "OK, maybe my ISP is down". I'm currently connected to them 
using a windows machine so that's not the problem.

I'm having a bit of trouble trying to find similar situations in the 
documentation or on the newsgroups and any suggestions (short of 
reinstalling the entire OS) would be more than welcome.

Sandra (feeling more than a little foolish right now)
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