Date: Sun, 27 Jan 2002 11:58:12 -0500 From: "Dan Langille" <dan@langille.org> To: freebsd-doc@freebsd.org Cc: mwlucas@freebsd.org Subject: ppp doc refers to 0.0.0.0 Message-ID: <200201271658.g0RGwDD90657@lists.unixathome.org>
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Hi folks, I'm referrring to: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859- 1/books/handbook/userppp.html#USERPPP-DYNAMICIP Look for this: The last argument (0.0.0.0) tells PPP to start negotiations using address 0.0.0.0 rather than 10.0.0.1 and is necessary for some ISPs. Do not use 0.0.0.0 as the first argument to set ifaddr as it prevents PPP from setting up an initial route in -auto mode. But in the example line given immediately above, there is no 0.0.0.0 shown. It is: 17 set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.255 There is however, a 0.0.0.0 given on line 17 for 16.2.1.5.1 PPP and Static IP Addresses: 17 set ifaddr x.x.x.x y.y.y.y 255.255.255.255 0.0.0.0 Perhaps the paragraph in question should be changed to this. I have put my changes within "quotes" to make them stand out. "In the example code for the static IP addresses," the last argument (0.0.0.0) tells PPP to start negotiations using address 0.0.0.0 rather than 10.0.0.1 and is necessary for some ISPs. "For dynamic IP addresses," do not use 0.0.0.0 as the first argument to set ifaddr as it prevents PPP from setting up an initial route in -auto mode. I think that would make things clearer. -- Dan Langille The FreeBSD Diary - http://freebsddiary.org/ - practical examples To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-doc" in the body of the message
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