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Date:      Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:36:01 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Frank Seltzer <frankd@yoda.fdt.net>
To:        Adrian Chew <adrchew@pop.jaring.my>
Cc:        Questions FreeBSD <questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: PPP Configuration...
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960625183000.27788A-100000@Kryten.nina.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960626053109.472C-100000@sonia.adweb.com>

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On Wed, 26 Jun 1996, Adrian Chew wrote:

> I've got user PPP configured on my system only to find out that ppp wants 
> a dstaddr (destination IP address) for -auto mode...  is there a way to 
> work around this for dial-up PPP with dynamic IP addressing?

What ppp is asking for is the gateway of your ISP, not your IP address. 
If you include the line 

	add 0 0 xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx <ISP's gateway>

the -auto switch will work as expected. My IP address is dynamically 
assigned and this works fine for me.

> 
> My only other alternative is to configure pppd, and for this the handbook 
> suggests using kermit...  kermit doesn't seem to come with WC's FreeBSD 2.1R 
> CDROMs?

The distribution terms will not allow it to be included on the CD. If you 
use the port (after you get ppp running correctly :-) ), it will pull the 
tarball from the distribution site and compile it.

> Regards,
> Adrian Chew
> adrchew@pop.jaring.my

Frank
--
Only in America can a homeless veteran sleep in a cardboard box while a 
draft dodger sleeps in the White House.    <unknown>





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