Changing interface names in pppd, where is the ifname option?

[Derek Broughton]

Josef Wolf wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 10:19:27PM -0300, Derek Broughton wrote:
>> H.S. wrote:
>> 
>> > Josef Wolf wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> I have multiple ADSL lines running ppp.  This works fine except of
>> >> one problem:  The interface names keep changing.  Sometimes the first
>> >> line is on ppp0, sometimes it is on ppp1, sometimes on ppp2, and so
>> >> on.  The same happens for the second line too.
>> >> 
>> >> I see that pppd in other distros has the "ifname" option to assign
>> >> a stable interface name for a given peer.  This option seems not to
>> >> exist in ubuntu's pppd.
>> 
>> It shouldn't be needed, because interface naming is handled by udev.
> 
> So how do I tell udev to name the device based on the provider name?

What do you mean by "provider name"?  As I mentioned, it's a looong time
since I used ppp.  How do _you_ know what the provider name is in the first
place?
-- 
derek