Date: Tue, 6 Oct 1998 14:33:22 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu> To: Jeff Kletsky <Jeff@Wagsky.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -auto -alias and 1st connection w/ dynamic IP Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.03.9810061432370.19930-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <l03110700b23eb36a384f@[192.168.6.3]>
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On Mon, 5 Oct 1998, Jeff Kletsky wrote: > With an ISP that provides dynamically-assigned IP numbers, I am observing that > > ppp -auto -alias sf > > will dial properly when a command such as > > telnet some.outside.host > > is issued, but the connection is not established. Once the link is up, > everything seems to function "correctly." (telnet "immediately" connects) This is generally because telnet times out before ppp connects. It's a fact of -auto life. :) > My guess is that the packets which caused the dial to occur are > (incorrectly) aliased to the "last" IP number assigned to the interface. > When the link comes up, the interface's new address is different -- the > return packets are not recognized as destined for the PPP-client machine > (not to mention that the ISP's routers are sending the packet to another > machine!). Another fact of -auto life. Doug White Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | www.freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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