ADSL pppoe DHCP problem --- SOLVED

[kanesoban]

Ok, i am writing this not because i have a problem, and i want help, rather i write down, what problem i had, and what solved it (it was driving me nuts), maybe it will help others too.

Problem was, that i was unable to use the internet. I have ADSL connection, i use pppoe, and every network information is given by DHCP.

When i tried to initalize connection with /etc/init.d/net.eth0 start i had the following error (also i had the same error at boot appear):

Starting eth0
Bringing up eth0
dhcp
Running dhcpcd...
Error, eth0: timed out

Alot of other people had similar errors. When they asked help, others suggested, that some kernel modules are missing, and kernel must be recompiled with the needed modules (mostly the missing modules were that of the network card's), so i recompiled my kernel with the needed modules. But that did not help. Or rather, it helped partly, since i had the same error appear, BUT i was able to connect to the net using pppoe-setup, and pppoe-start. Too bad, that those can be used only by root.

However, the bottom line is: the error was caused by this line in /etc/conf.d/net:
config_eth0=( "dhcp" )
This was set to "dhcp", since my internet provider uses DHCP. But for some reason replacing that line with
config_eth0=( "adsl" )
solved everything. There is no more timeout error.
I wrote this down, in case someone else experiences what i have.

[didymos]

In that case, you should use the ppp module. The adsl one is going to go away.