Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 19:12:22 -0500 From: WizLayer <wizlayer@gmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp & dhcp Message-ID: <200705111912.23174.wizlayer@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <000c01c7941f$2def4120$02c5b07c@FLINDERS> References: <000c01c7941f$2def4120$02c5b07c@FLINDERS>
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--nextPart1198295.oXu2FUkfye Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 11 May 2007 05:53:18 pm Mulga wrote: > Hi, > I have a very brain dead and full of them self ISP who insist on having a > misconfigured dhcp server. > > One essential peice of infomation is missing from the ppp transaction > "HISADDR" the GW . > > As ppp handles the dhcp side of things internally, would anyone like to > suggest a way of getting the server to reveal its address. > > To date I have tried running dhclient after the linkup, telling the ISP he > had a small inconsistancy, and got a ear full of abuse for that. > > As this provider "Telstra AU" is the only provider of this service I can't > change. So I need to work around there problem. > > Regards John I'm not sure what you are getting at. Are you saying that the HISADDR in p= pp=20 doesn't work because of your ISPs configuration? Or are you saying that=20 you're looking for your ISPs specifics for setup purposes? You could try a tcpdump on your if while connecting (or trying to connect).= =20 That should give you an idea of whats going on. whois, arpinfo...? HTH WizLayer =20 =2D-=20 Life is better with a BSD. =46or more info, www.bsd.org. --nextPart1198295.oXu2FUkfye Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBGRQZn2y0gbVRgU1ERArnzAKDF9ZQXIPiiv3W45xYd8bCuwSAvAgCgvoc2 ReYte/2etCS55bpM9zRAKY8= =FWGc -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1198295.oXu2FUkfye--
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