Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 03:33:12 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: Allen Louden <alouden@access.mountain.net>, FreeBSD Questions <questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <199709120233.DAA14928@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:18:15 %2B0930." <19970912101815.00741@lemis.com>
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> > Something I neglected to mention previously is that my provider assigns me > > a dynamic ip. It seems this may (I could be wrong) change the way we have > > done things. I say this because, this evening, after I received your > > latest, I added the default route and nothing would ping. Well, the packets > > are transmitted, but not returned. Also, when I did a netstat -rn, the > > addresses are different each time I am on. > > OK. This is a FAQ. You need a file /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup with the > following contents: > > MYADDR: > add 0 0 HISADDR > > Note the indent of the second line. This will add the route for you > when you establish connection. Be careful here. This will work for "term" mode, but if you try it in -auto/-ddial/-background mode it'll fail because you already have a default route. You're better to have a "delete ALL" before the add line. [.....] > > One other thing for now, how in the hell do I disconnect my modem? > > Hmm. There was something going around on this topic in the last > couple of days, but I didn't follow it. What happens if you enter > 'quit' to the ppp program? 'close' will disconnect without exiting, as will ^C. 'quit' will exit. Sounds like the manual hasn't been read..... All the bits are pointed at from http://www.awfulhak.org/~brian (although the ppp man page is hopelessly out of date - I must talk to wosch). -- Brian <brian@awfulhak.org>, <brian@freebsd.org> <http://www.awfulhak.org>; Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
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