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Date:      Wed, 8 Jul 1998 02:02:24 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To:        User Mdm Mark McDonald <mdm@thepoint.com>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ppp help request (MYADDR & HISADDR)
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708020144.22542X-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <199807060136.VAA00341@thepoint.com>

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On Sun, 5 Jul 1998, User Mdm Mark McDonald wrote:

> I am having trouble getting ppp to set the routing correctly.  I
> would appreciate any help or criticism.
> First of all, I am using 2.2.6-RELEASE.  The problem has arisen
> with a change in internet service providers.  Both the gateway and
> "my" IP addresses are dynamically assigned.  The HISADDR and MYADDR
> macros do not seem to be retrieving values; - the assumed (or dummy)
> addresses are not replaced by the correct addresses.  If I guess
> dummy addresses that are "close" then the PPP link is established
> but nothing (sendmail, popclient, etc.) works.

Really?  Did you try 

add 0 0 HISADDR

after connecting? 

If the remote is giving you bad IPs then complain to the remote
administrator.

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


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