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From: bhumbert@columbia-center.org (Bob)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: pppd error messages
Date: Fri, 17 Jan 97 06:01:36 GMT
Organization: The Columbia Center Community Internet Access - St. Helens, OR
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Can anyone possibly help with the following error message???

pppd: Fatal System Error : Can't ifconfig du24 (SIOCSIFADDR): File Exists

Sometimes the du is 28 but always du24 or du28. Please explain what the du
and SIOCSIFADDR is if possible.
 
Thanks,
Bob