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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!nntp.coast.net!howland.erols.net!news-peer.gsl.net!news.gsl.net!news.mathworks.com!newsgate.duke.edu!news-server.ncren.net!taco.cc.ncsu.edu!not-for-mail From: camattin@unity.ncsu.edu (Chris A. Mattingly) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Problem setting up IIJPPP for dynamic address. Date: 15 Oct 1996 03:28:19 GMT Organization: North Carolina State University Lines: 48 Message-ID: <53v0cj$4vo@taco.cc.ncsu.edu> References: <01bbb9d6$490dc640$f716abc7@default> <326479cb.51932905@netnews.worldnet.att.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: heli-fishing.eos.ncsu.edu X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Alan W. Trulock (FredI@worldnet.att.net) wrote: : Having the same problem here! : How can one properly set up the tun0 device without a destination : address? : : --Al In the 'provider' section of ppp.conf: add 0 0 HISADDR as the last line. In /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup, also put: add 0 0 HISADDR I found it necessary to have it in both places for the routing to get properly configured. -Chris : On 14 Oct 1996 13:45:22 GMT, "The Rawlings" : <rawlink@jlsc.wpafb.af.mil> wrote: : : >I'm having problems getting my dialup ppp to work on my machine. I can get : >it to dial up and connect, but it seems not to be setting up the routing : >correctly. I have a dynamic account so of course the router is going to be : >the interface that I happen to connect to on a particular session : >(different every time). The problem is in the ifconfig line for tun0 in : >the /etc/sysconfig file I think. Can anyone reply to this message with : >some generic ppp.conf, ppp.linkup and /etc/sysconfig files for a dynamic : >ppp account. I have tried going through the docs and the sample files in : >the /etc/ppp directory to no avail. I have a direct internet link at work : >and that was easy to set up. I am relatively new to FBSD and still : >learning. : > : >Thank you for any help you can give me, : > : >Kenneth : -- Chris Mattingly | My views are not necessarily those of my employers camattin@ncsu.edu | NCSU/ITECS [ECO] | "Good programmers write good code; great Systems Programmer | programmers 'borrow' good code." -- Mike Gancarz