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Date:      Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:59:09 +0200
From:      "Leif Neland" <leifn@neland.dk>
To:        "Jason Kocol" <mrkocol@cv.org>, <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Subject:   Re: ppp, tun0, and 2 IP addresses
Message-ID:  <005701c15990$eb5407c0$6d05a8c0@neland.dk>
References:  <3BD1B5F7.DA998771@cv.org>

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jason Kocol" <mrkocol@cv.org>
To: <freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG>
Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 7:35 PM
Subject: ppp, tun0, and 2 IP addresses


> I am running FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE, using ppp with a DSL router.  I run
ppp
> in ddial mode, using tun0 as the device.  My DSL service provides me
> with a dynamic IP address.
>
> Whenever I get disconnected somehow (most likely by the ISP or
switch I
> am connected to), and ppp reconnects, tun0 ends up binding to 2
> different IP addresses - the one it was using prior to disconnecting
and
> the new one.
>
> Has anyone ever experienced this problem and has a way to solve it?
It
> happens to me regularly.  Please let me know if you need any more
> information.
>
It is no problem. It is because processes running during the cutoff
and reconnect does not have to bind to another IP.

Are you having any trouble with it, other than confusion?

Leif




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