From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 13 19:01:44 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA05121 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:01:44 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA05114 for ; Wed, 13 Jan 1999 19:01:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (root@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id BAA22309; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 01:28:47 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id AAA06942; Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:31:34 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199901140031.AAA06942@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Patrick Gardella cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: iijppp and ifconfig In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 13 Jan 1999 14:42:40 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 00:31:27 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG It is odd, but it's a feature. Check ppp.linkdown.sample for a way of making it look prettier, and have a look at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html for a description of the ``first connection'' problem that it fixes. > I'm running 2.2.8-STABLE compiled Dec. 29th, 1998 and ppp dated 990112. > > I've got iijppp configured to dial out on demand, and it works fine. > But one thing I noticed when I updated on the 29th. ifconfig tun0 now returns > lots and lots of data instead of only one line, as I *thought* it used to! It > seems like everytime ppp dials, it adds a new address to the interface in > ifconfig, and never deletes the old one when the link closes. > > Right now, I have 132 lines when I use "ifconfig tun0". For example: > inet 204.255.227.185 --> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xffffffff > inet 204.255.227.193 --> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xffffffff > inet 204.255.227.155 --> 255.255.255.255 netmask 0xffffffff > > Shouldn't it be just the one? The last one in the list is the latest one. > > "netstat -rn" only shows the latest one, as it ought to! > > It all works fine, but I just thought this was odd. > > Patrick > > --- > Patrick S. Gardella Director of Web Development > The Creative Group 1-800-804-0783 ext 29 606-858-8029 (fax) > http://www.cre8tivegroup.com PGP Key ID 0xEE2D47A9 -- Brian Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message