Date: Thu, 17 Oct 1996 09:05:28 -0400 (EDT) From: Jay Sachs <sachs@interactive.net> To: h.wickhorst@elmshorn.netsurf.de Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: solved: Re: [2.1R] ppp -auto works only after a non-auto connection terminated Message-ID: <199610171305.JAA00280@luddite.org> In-Reply-To: <199610152057.WAA11198@thor.shn.com> References: <199610152057.WAA11198@thor.shn.com>
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Henning Wickhorst writes: >sachs@interactive.net wrote: >: I can connect via ppp directly no problem; after closing that >: connection, ppp -auto then works. >: However, if I try to run ppp -auto before making and breaking that >: first connection, I get "host is down" or "unavailable" messages, and >: no attempted dialup. My provider gives me dynamic IP. >I think after the first call your routed has build some routing tables, >so your second call (-auto) is using that routing information. >Try 'netstat -rn' before and after your first manuell call. I am very >sure there will be a big diferece. If you would wait a longer time >between both calls, your second call will fail becaurse the routing >tables have been deleted. No, netstat -rn showed the same thing both before establishing and after breaking that first PPP connection. Like you, based on the behavior, I assumed that this must have been the problem. But it wasn't. It turns out that the combination of two of your suggestions fixed things. First was >: ### /etc/sysconfig >I Don't have 'tun0' in my 'network_interfaces' line. >I have no 'ifconfig_tun0' line. >Having both lines in my '/etc/sysconfig' gave my a lot of strange >problems with ppp. You should take it away. Indeed. I removed them. The second was the 'set ifaddr' line in /etc/ppp/ppp.conf Based on your setup: >I'm using 'set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 privider.ip' I changed: set ifaddr 0 208.192.224.5 to: set ifaddr 208.192.224.0/24 and all connects fine. Perhaps that could even be set ifaddr 0/0 208.192.224.5 but since it ain't broke, I'm not gonna fix it :) Thank you, Henning. -jay -- Jay Sachs <sachs@interactive.net> http://www.cs.nyu.edu/phd_students/sachs/
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