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To: Amedeo Beck Peccoz <gea@masternet.it>
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Subject: Re: ppp multiline 
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From: Brian Somers <brian@awfulhak.org>
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> I'm trying to configure a BSD machine with many incoming 
> dialup lines (a server) and a number of clienta that automatically call
> the server. I set up ppp (is pppd better?) but I can't get
> what I need.
>  I now have a routing entry on the clients that looks like
> 
> Internet:
> Destination	Gateway
> 10.0.1.0	default
> 
>  While I'd like to have a
> 
> Internet:
> Destination	Gateway
> 10.0.1/24	default
> 
>  while ppp is waiting for outgoing packets.
> 
>  I've tried every possible configuration on the clients (ADDs, IFADDRs,
> with lots of /24 and netmasks of 255.255.255.0)  but no one seems to
> work.

Try specifying a third arg to "set ifaddr" of 255.255.255.0.  Get the 
latest version of ppp from http://www.freebsd.org/~brian for a man 
page that describes this a bit better.

>  Any help? Thank you!
> 
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