Date: Sun, 29 Sep 2002 18:50:02 -0700 (PDT) From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mikko_Ty=F6l=E4j=E4rvi?= <mbsd@pacbell.net> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org> Subject: Re: PPP, dynamic IPs, and handling renumbering Message-ID: <20020929184245.C308-100000@atlas.home> In-Reply-To: <20020930002532.GC430@keyslapper.org>
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On Sun, 29 Sep 2002, Louis LeBlanc wrote: > I have a new question. I have ppp set up on interface tun0, got my IP > and all, handling the DSL connection quite nicely - so far. > > Now the question: Since the IP is dynamic, I have some things that > need doing anytime it changes, like update the Apache config and > restart it, update the zoneedit dns records so I still get my mail, > etc. Where do I handle this? Is there an exit hook I can specify for > ppp to call when it gets a new IP? The "hooks" go in /etc/ppp/ppp.linkup and /etc/ppp/ppp.linkdown. The ppp(8) man page is kind of long, but well worth the read. There are assorted sample files in /usr/share/examples/ppp/ too. > I can't even find the dhcp lease or the network broadcast info. When > I was with AT&T, it was basic DHCP and it all went into > /var/db/dhclient.leases. The only place I can get the IP from now is > ifconfig tun0 [...] You are not getting your address via DHCP, as you are using PPP which does its own address negotiation. One of these days I will understand the point of running PPP over ethernet... $.02, /Mikko To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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