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1.\" LIC: GPL
2.TH PPPOE-START 8 "21 February 2000"
3.UC 4
4.SH NAME
5pppoe-start \- Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link
6.SH SYNOPSIS
7.B pppoe-start \fR[\fIconfig_file\fR]
8.P
9.B pppoe-start \fR\fIinterface user\fR [\fIconfig_file\fR]
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11.SH DESCRIPTION
12\fBpppoe-start\fR is a shell script which starts the Roaring Penguin
13user-space PPPoE client. If you omit \fIconfig_file\fR, the default
14file \fB/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf\fR is used. If you supply
15\fIinterface\fR and \fIuser\fR, then they override the Ethernet interface
16and user-name settings in the configuration file.
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18.SH AUTHOR
19\fBpppoe-start\fR was written by David F. Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.
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21The \fBpppoe\fR home page is \fIhttp://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/\fR.
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23.SH SEE ALSO
24pppoe(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5),
25pppoe-setup(8), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8),
26pppoe-server(8)
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