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From: Chooka <dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Problems with dial on demand PPP
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 20:23:23 +1100
Organization: Monash University
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I recently recompiled my kernel with the tun device nodes set to 5...

I then decided to add to my /etc/rc.local file the following...

/usr/sbin/ppp -auto provider

This results in the following error message at boot time,
something like

SIOC??????: File already exists!!

Why does this occur ?


Furthermore, with a PPP session in progress (on tun0) any attempt to
start another ppp (user mode) results in the following error being
reported...


Jan 18 20:11:06 t-rex /kernel: rtinit: wrong ifa (0xf08fca80) was
(0xf0882500)


What are the causes of these errors ???

Does the second indicate a problem with my kernel ???

Any advice appreciated....

Regards, 
David Henshaw
dhenshaw@silas.cc.monash.edu.au