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Date:      Thu, 18 Nov 1999 20:39:19 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        clark@pharlap.com (Clark Jarvis)
Cc:        Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, freebsd-net@FreeBSD.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org
Subject:   Re: rinit: wrong ifa (0xc09ba580) was (0xc0854880) - candidate for removal 
Message-ID:  <199911182039.UAA02780@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Message from clark@pharlap.com (Clark Jarvis)  of "Thu, 18 Nov 1999 10:50:02 EST." <19991118154521924.AAA306@sugar.pharlap.com@clark> 

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> In <199911172311.XAA03573@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>, on 11/17/99 
>    at 11:11 PM, Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> said:
> 
> >This is a feature :-)  It defeats the first-connection problem with 
> >dynamic IP numbers.  It can be disabled with ``disable iface-alias''  and
> >can be kept in control with an ``iface clear'' in ppp.linkdown -  see
> >share/examples/ppp.linkdown.sample.
> 
> Brian, can you quickly describe the first-connection-... problem?  I don't
> remember seeing anything about this.  A pointer to a description in the
> code or somesuch would be OK too, of course<g>.

It's mentioned at http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html somewhere.

> -- 
> Thanks,
> Clark

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>                        <brian@FreeBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;                   <brian@OpenBSD.org>
Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour !          <brian@FreeBSD.org.uk>




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