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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem with PPP under 2.2.1
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 02:36:12 -0700
Organization: Walnut Creek CDROM
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Brian Somers wrote:
> As I said by mail, leave all mention of tun0 out of sysconfig and
> check that your routing tables look the way I suggested before and
> after running ppp.

Actually, not *all* mention. :-)

It's still a good idea to put it in the network_devices list and just
not specify an ifconfig_tun0 line for it (which would, indeed, be
bad()).  Instead, you put in an /etc/start_if.tun0 script to start up
`ppp -auto foobar' or whatever your ppp command line of choice is.  This
will ensure that ppp is started *before* any network services which may
subsequently need it.  /etc/rc.local, to say the least, is waaaaay too
late! ;-)

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  FreeBSD core team / Walnut Creek CDROM.