I tried to find a thread for this - did not succeed. If one exists, please redirect me.
I want to use a suse box to act as a internet and proxy server for a small network (<10 workstations runnig windoze).
The dsl works fine if I click on the icon and connects, but I would like it to dial up at boot time so that internet will be available even after a reboot. I did tick Device Activation: On Boot and Idle Timeout = 0 but still have to connect manualy.
Might be the fact that you’re using NetworkManager (taken from “I click an icon”) and not ‘classic ifup’… (IFRC there was a notice to use classic ifup instead of NetworkManager if you want to use services - which you do).
I have also an pppoe connection and it starts automatically every time.
Looking in my config I see an IP for a non-existent modem (I have no dsl modem connected to my PC). Also my start-mode is ‘auto’.
The settings are imported from 10.3 so they may differ in 11.0.
BOOTPROTO='none'
DEVICE='eth0'
**MODEM_IP='10.0.0.138'**
NAME='DSL Connection'
PPPD_OPTIONS=''
PPPMODE='pppoe'
PROVIDER='provider0'
STARTMODE='auto'
UDI=''
USERCONTROL='yes' # for starting it by normal user account
VPIVCI=''
Also check for the settings in the /etc/sysconfig/network/providers/provider0
ASKPASSWORD='no'
AUTODNS='yes'
**AUTO_RECONNECT='yes'** #tick this for the case the line is dropped
DEMAND='no'
DSLSUPPORTED='yes'
IDLETIME='0'
ISDNSUPPORTED='no'
MODEMSUPPORTED='no'
MODIFYDNS='yes'
**PASSWORD='do you have your password here?'**
PHONE=''
PROVIDER='my provider name here e.g. foo'
**USERNAME='do you have your username here?'**
DEFAULTROUTE='yes'
IPADDR=''
MODIFYIP='yes'
REMOTE_IPADDR=''