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Date:      Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:43:03 +0000
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        Leif Neland <root@neland.dk>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: user-ppp, dialin and dialout, fixed ip. 
Message-ID:  <199902161843.SAA00418@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:52:42 %2B0100." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9902150044100.750-100000@gina.neland.dk> 

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> My home machine has a fixed ip when connecting to the Livingston 2e at
> work. I usually originate the call, but when at work, I sometimes want to
> call home. 
> 
> home -> work goes on tun0, but when mgetty sees the call, it gets
> connected to tun1. However, this fails, because tun0 already uses the
> fixed ip.
> 
> How do I get mgetty to connect to the "sleeping" ppp on tun0? Or is there
> a way to "steal" the ip from tun0 and give it to tun1?
> 
> If I kill ppp on tun0, I can call in from work to home.

Get the -direct ppp to either kill the other one and restart it on 
exit or get it to reconfigure the running one so that nothing 
conflicts.

> Also, the Livingston 2e seems to be able to do dialback. Can I use this
> wuth userland-ppp?

Yes.  Look at the man pages and sample files (search for callback).

> Leif@neland.dk

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