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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Amost PPP setup - Question
Date: 30 Sep 1996 18:43:02 +0100
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Martin Stack (jumper@airmail.net) wrote:
: Okay good news....

: 	I have the ppp dialer  dialing and negotiating ip address,
: 	and it will not communicate to my server.

: 	BUT.....

: 	when I check ifconfig .... 'ifconfig -a' ....  the tun0 device
: is attached to the WRONG ip address and server address.  If quit and
: redial my provider, I get a new address and server address. The
: ifconfig  will show the prior address and server address attached to the
: tun0 device.  I am using a   'set ifaddr 0 0'  in my .ppp.conf file.  

: When does the address get attached to the tun0 device  ?  How can I
: reconfigure the tun0 device ?

Try "delete ALL" before the "set ifaddr 0 0".  The ALL must be in capitals.

--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....