The soekris box seems now working. I have to wait several days...

I just add in the file : /etc/rc.shutdown

ifconfig pppoe0 down
Thanks a lot all for your help.
I 'll have a look also for PPOE_TERM_UNKNOWN_SESSIONS
Regards.
Xavier.
2008/7/17 Vadim Zhukov :
> 15 July 2008 c. 14:57:58 Henning Brauer wrote:

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> > * Xavier Millihs-Lacroix  [2008-07-15

> 09:02]:

> > > Sometimes when I boot a soekris box (net5501) - OpenBSD 4.3, I

> > > didn't get each times an ip address for the pppoe0 link.

> > > This is a problem as I can connect to this box only remotely.

> > > I didn't find on the documentation how to reconnect automatically if

> > > the link goes down.

> >

> > pppoe automagically reconnects.

> >

> > many ISPs have some logic to deny you from opening two ppp sessions,

> > so by the time your box reboots the old sessions has not yet timed

> > out. You can't do all that much but waiting for the old session to

> > expire, pppoe will retry all the time.

>

> Search for PPPOE_TERM_UNKNOWN_SESSIONS kernel option. I have such

> provider, and this option helps a lot.

>

> BTW: Is there any point to translate this knob to interface linkN flag?

>

> --

>  Best wishes,

>     Vadim Zhukov