From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Mar 5 02:13:01 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id CAA16599 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 02:13:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from aztec.co.za (aztec.co.za [196.7.70.131]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id CAA16482 for ; Tue, 5 Mar 1996 02:10:35 -0800 (PST) Received: from pcm.co.za [196.3.226.39] by aztec.co.za with smtp (Smail3.1.29.1 #2) id m0tttgH-000apIC; Tue, 5 Mar 96 12:09 EET Received: from PCM1/MERC_Q by pcm.co.za (Mercury 1.21); 5 Mar 96 12:00:16 +2 Received: from MERC_Q by PCM1 (Mercury 1.21); 5 Mar 96 11:59:46 +2 From: "Irvine Short" Organization: Professional Computer Manufacturers To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Tue, 5 Mar 1996 11:59:39 +2 Subject: User PPP - How to add default route automatically CC: mark@grondar.za X-Confirm-Reading-To: "Irvine Short" X-pmrqc: 1 Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v2.23) Message-ID: <7910E415B18@pcm.co.za> Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk Hi All I now have ppp working nicely now if I just type ppp and then dial iafrica I get the upper case PPP and all is well except that I have to manually type add 0 0 HISADDR and then all works very well. I am using dynamic IP address and gateway address. On looking further, I discovered the ppp.linkup file, however it does nothing for me. It has the default entry MYADDR: add 0 0 HISADDR as well as iafrica: add 0 0 HISADDR but the route never gets added. Any ideas? Regards, Irvine Short http://www.pcm.co.za/homepage/ishort/irv_home.html Technical Support Engineer Professional Computer Manufacturers Amalgamated House, Jordaan St Cape Town, South Africa Tel: ++27-21-235084 Fax ++27-21-235089