Date: Sat, 09 Aug 1997 15:35:47 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: dparks@taurus.srccomp.com (Dave Parks) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Question: ppp -auto Message-ID: <199708091435.PAA05052@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 06 Aug 1997 16:32:44 MDT." <199708062232.QAA02111@phantom.srccomp.com>
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> Hi,
>
> I am having difficulty getting the -auto option for ppp to work (as I
> understand it to).
>
> Here is the background:
>
> I tried setting up ppp to autoconnect to our server. I start ppp with:
>
> ppp -auto src
>
> Where 'src' is an entry in my ppp.conf file (ppp src without -auto works).
>
> Now, this is where I maybe missing something. From reading the documentation,
> my understanding is that -auto will automatically connect the ppp link whenever
> there is outgoing traffic. I cannot get it to work .... *but* if I first start
> ppp manually, then quit (disconnecting the connection), then restart ppp with
> -auto, everything works fine (it remains inactive while there isn't any
> connection, and then automatically dials/connects to the server when there is
> outgoing traffic).
>
> Do anyone have any idea why I have to first start ppp manually and then restart
> ppp -auto? Is there a setting/configuration problem that I'm missing (I'm
> running the 2.2.2 release of FreeBSD from Walnut Creek).
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
You're missing "add 0 0 x.x.x.x" in ppp.conf - you've probably got
"add 0 0 HISADDR". The latest docs point out that HISADDR isn't
available in ppp.conf - only in ppp.link{up,down}.
> Best regards,
>
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