.\" LIC: GPL
.TH PPPOE-START 8 "21 February 2000"
.UC 4
.SH NAME
pppoe-start \- Shell script to bring up a PPPoE link
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pppoe-start \fR[\fIconfig_file\fR]
.P
.B pppoe-start \fR\fIinterface user\fR [\fIconfig_file\fR]

.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBpppoe-start\fR is a shell script which starts the Roaring Penguin
user-space PPPoE client.  If you omit \fIconfig_file\fR, the default
file \fB/etc/ppp/pppoe.conf\fR is used.  If you supply
\fIinterface\fR and \fIuser\fR, then they override the Ethernet interface
and user-name settings in the configuration file.

.SH AUTHOR
\fBpppoe-start\fR was written by Dianne Skoll <dfs@roaringpenguin.com>.

The \fBpppoe\fR home page is \fIhttp://www.roaringpenguin.com/pppoe/\fR.

.SH SEE ALSO
pppoe(8), pppoe-stop(8), pppoe-connect(8), pppd(8), pppoe.conf(5),
pppoe-setup(8), pppoe-status(8), pppoe-sniff(8), pppoe-relay(8),
pppoe-server(8)