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From: brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Help for Newbie: How to configure tun0 ?
Date: 2 Jan 1997 01:26:35 GMT
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In article <32CA94A9.41C67EA6@net-tel.co.uk>,
Andrew Gordon <andrew.gordon@net-tel.co.uk> writes:
> Enoch Wu wrote:
[.....]
>> Beside the alias parameter in /sbin/ifconfig, are actions performed by
>> ifconfig_tun0
>> different from those performed by /sbin/ifconfig.
>
> No. You can put an 'alias' keyword in /etc/sysconfig too if you
> really want it, though your configuration does not look
> right at all.
From what I can see, having an ifconfig_tun0 line in /etc/sysconfig
is bogus, but a necessary evil if your ppp.conf says "ifaddr 0/0 .....".
The correct solution is to have (say) "ifaddr 127.0.1.1/0 ...."
instead - so that ppp can set up a route (0/0 is a bum address).
I'm not sure where this idea of having "ifaddr 0/0 ...." came from :(
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>, <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....