Date: Thu, 5 Dec 1996 05:10:07 +0200 (SAT) From: Robert Nordier <rnordier@iafrica.com> To: SimsS@IBM.Net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: HELP: IIJ-PPP demand-dial with dynamic IP on both ends Message-ID: <199612050310.FAA00188@eac.iafrica.com> In-Reply-To: <199612050251.CAA80070@smtp-gw01.ny.us.ibm.net> from Steve Sims at "Dec 4, 96 09:50:22 pm"
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Steve Sims wrote: > Well, that seems to be the kick I needed. > > I took another look at the references you quoted and decided "what the heck." > I tried adding bogus local and remote addresses in my ifaddr command, but > that didn't help a whole lot. So I plugged the "add 0 0 <bogus remote>" line > back in and counted on ppp sorting out the whole routing mess. Success! > Sweet success!!! > > So (for the benefit of the mail archives, if no one reading this) I have in > my /etc/ppp.conf: > demand-dial: > set debug lcp > set redial 3 10 > set phone 123-4567 > set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: myname word: mumble" > set ifaddr 1.2.3.4/0 5.6.7.8/0 255.255.255.0 > add 0 0 5.6.7.8 > > and in /etc/ppp.linkup, I've got > demand-dial: > delete all > add 0 0 HISADDR > > Strangely (or fortunately) the "delete all" line doesn't muck up the static > routes that I've so painfully crafted, but it does flush the bogus > "add 0 0 5.6.7.8" entry that the ppp.conf put in. Good thinking. The `add' in `ppp.conf' *is* actually needed initially (until the `ppp.linkup' statements are executed when the first connection is established). This really needs to be better documented. -- Robert Nordier
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