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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: dial-in and ip#
Date: 18 Jul 1996 21:11:03 GMT
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Simon Tsai <simonst@umich.edu> wrote:

> I have two FreeBSD boxes, on at home and on at work.  Dial-in has been
> set up at work according to the handbook, but I would like to know how
> to get a static IP (several available at work) when I dial in to my
> computer at work from home.  Any help would be appreciated.

PPP?  Simply wire the IP address into the PPP command or its option
file, preferably on the server.

-- 
cheers, J"org

joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ -- NIC: JW11-RIPE
Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)