From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 25 15:39:24 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id PAA02289 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:39:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from Kryten.nina.com (dyn024-gnv.51.fdt.net [205.229.51.25]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id PAA02259 for ; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 15:39:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from frankd@localhost) by Kryten.nina.com (8.7.5/8.6.12) id SAA04574; Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:36:01 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 25 Jun 1996 18:36:01 -0400 (EDT) From: Frank Seltzer X-Sender: frankd@Kryten.nina.com To: Adrian Chew cc: Questions FreeBSD Subject: Re: PPP Configuration... In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk 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 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.