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Date:      Fri, 12 Jan 2001 01:08:38 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Richard J Kuhns <rjk@grauel.com>
Cc:        freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: ppp/samba (configuration?) question 
Message-ID:  <200101120108.f0C18cx06287@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from Richard J Kuhns <rjk@grauel.com>  of "Thu, 11 Jan 2001 10:09:19 EST." <14941.52383.537828.73883@localhost.grauel.com> 

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You should get away with adding your ``set ifaddr'' line to 
ppp.linkdown (you can remove the ``iface clear'' too).

> If this isn't the right place for this, I apologize.  Feel free to set
> followups appropriately.
> 
> I'm running ppp on a -current system (12/7/2000 vintage) named `moran'.
> I'm using it as a gateway for small in-home network (a couple of windoze
> boxes and a laptop running -stable), and I have NAT enabled.
> 
> ppp is started automatically at boot as follows:
> 
> /usr/sbin/ppp -quiet -auto -nat mintel
> 
> Here's the appropriate part of ppp.conf:
> 
> mintel:
>  allow users rjk
>  set openmode active 5
>  set phone 1234567
>  set timeout 2700
>  set socket /var/tmp/internet ""
>  set authname a
>  set authkey b
>  deny lqr
>  disable lqr
>  set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0
>  delete all
>  add default HISADDR
>  enable dns
> 
> In ppp.linkdown, I have:
> 
> mintel:
>  iface clear
> 
> I'm using 10.1.0.0/24 internally, and moran is also running dhcpd and
> samba.  Everything is working fine, except (you knew there'd be an except,
> right?:) the windoze boxes on my local network can't find the samba server
> on moran immediately after moran reboots.  After some experimenting with
> config files and playing with ethereal, I think I know what's going on but
> I don't know what to do about it.
> 
> If I don't put "10.0.0.1 localhost" in /etc/hosts, rebooting is very slow;
> I have to wait for ppp to make a connection before sendmail gets going.  If
> I add it to /etc/hosts I don't have to wait on sendmail but I have problems
> with nmbd.
> 
> With the above configuration for ppp, ifconfig always shows 2 IP addresses
> associated with tun0.  Immediately after boot, it looks like (for example):
> 
> tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1514
>         inet 10.0.0.1 --> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xffffffff 
>         inet 63.xx.xx.13 --> 63.xx.xx.2 netmask 0xff000000 
>         Opened by PID 115
> 
> After I lose my connection for whatever reason (which normally happens at
> least 3 or 4 times a day with our local telephone service :() ppp
> automatically redials and reconnects.  After this happens, ifconfig would
> show:
> 
> tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1514
>         inet 63.xx.xx.13 --> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xffffffff 
>         inet 63.xx.xx.47 --> 63.xx.xx.2 netmask 0xff000000 
>         Opened by PID 115
> 
> The 10. address is gone, my last address is still there but points to
> 255.255.255.255, and my new address is fine.
> 
> ethereal shows that nmbd is saying it lives at 10.0.0.1.  If I kill nmbd
> and restart it after having lost and remade my ppp connection, everything
> is fine.
> 
> Note that this only affects nmbd.  Browsers and ssh work just fine.
> 
> Have I got something misconfigured?  Should ppp be keeping my last IP
> address around like that?
> 
> Sorry for the length of this message.
> 
> Any comments and/or suggestions?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> -- 
> Richard Kuhns			rjk@grauel.com
> PO Box 6249			Tel: (765)477-6000 \
> 100 Sawmill Road				    x319
> Lafayette, IN  47903		     (800)489-4891 /

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@[uk.]FreeBSD.org>
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