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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!rill.news.pipex.net!pipex!tank.news.pipex.net!pipex!news.utell.co.uk!usenet From: brian@shift.utell.net (Brian Somers) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: process's and ppp0 Date: 22 Apr 1997 08:56:29 GMT Organization: Awfulhak Ltd. Lines: 53 Message-ID: <5jhuft$jhi@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> References: <Pine.A32.3.91.970409112604.18002B-100000@pheebs.citytel.net> <5iiui6$d4p@ui-gate.utell.co.uk> <Pine.A32.3.91.970413102144.15088A-100000@pheebs.citytel.net> <5irhot$lti$1@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> <Pine.A32.3.91.970421095619.14617A-100000@pheebs.citytel.net> Reply-To: brian@awfulhak.org, brian@utell.co.uk NNTP-Posting-Host: shift.utell.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Newsreader: knews 0.9.8 Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:39509 In article <Pine.A32.3.91.970421095619.14617A-100000@pheebs.citytel.net>, "Keith W." <kwoody@pheebs.citytel.net> writes: > On 13 Apr 1997, Brian Somers wrote: > >> Your router will be the other side of the PPP link. The "default >> router" is essentially who you should send packets to when you don't >> have a specific route. If you try to set up a router that's beyond >> the other side of the ppp link, you'll need to have a static route >> to that router (via the IP on the other side of the link). There's >> no mileage to be gained in doing this though. > > It would just add another hop so to speak if that was done then? Maybe - depends on whether the other side of your ppp link can route directly - if so, you're adding a hop by specifying a default that's "over there". Having said all this, I don't think having a default that's not directly connected is such a good idea. If FreeBSD supports it, I suspect you're lucky. You're really better off specifying the other side of the ppp link :) >> The flags on mine are UGSc. The 'S' just means it's a static route. >> > Ok, whats the c mean then? :) RTFM netstat. With the 'c' flag, new routes are generated on the fly. This means you'll get "temporary" routes to hosts you've recently sent a packet to. This is just a routing optimization. >> The ppp0 entry in sysconfig after install is now gone compliments of >> Jordan. I've updated the info about connecting to an ISP in the man >> page. If you're interested, you could get a copy of >> >> >> If this doesn't help, can you post your config files ? > > Did and done it for the man page. I reinstalled again, and will try it > all over again over the next few days. thanks for the info and the help. > Be interesting to see if I can get this to work finally. > I'll post my config files if I cant get this to work as a last resort. > dont want to bug folks here too much, I like to try and figure these > things out on my own if I can. It may be worth looking at http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html. It xrefs all the ppp docs I know about. > thanks! > Keith -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org> <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !