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Date: Wed, 19 Nov 1997 10:15:52 -0800 (PST)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: George Vagner <kf7nn@pentium166.kf7nn.net>
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On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, George Vagner wrote:

>  I figured out what was wrong, my hosts file had a mis-spelled name for my
> nt machine.

Dooh! :-)

> i get a message saying must specify dstaddr using auto mode
> or something to this effect.
> 
> what is dstaddr?
> 
> how do i specify it on the command line?

You need to add `set ifaddr' items in your isp's profile.

See http://www.freebsd.org/tutorials/ppp/.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major