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From: brian@shift.lan.awfulhak.org (Brian Somers)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Any Netcom PPP Users out there?
Date: 2 Apr 1997 13:51:16 GMT
Organization: Awfulhak Ltd.
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In article <5his70$fuj@sjx-ixn5.ix.netcom.com>,
Dong Lin <donglin@ix.netcom.com> writes:
> Could anyone using netcom netcruiser account tell me how to make the PPP to work. I can't find the
> gateway and netmask info on netcom's homepage, wonder if I really need those info. Thanks in
> advance.
The gateway is the other side of the ppp link, you can use the
symbol HISADDR for ppp:
add 0 0 HISADDR
The netmask doesn't really matter if you've got a default. Set it to
0xffffff00.
--
Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org>
<http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !