Date: Wed, 08 Jul 1998 08:07:42 -0400 (EDT) From: "Joe \"Marcus\" Clarke" <marcus@miami.edu> To: User Mdm Mark McDonald <mdm@thepoint.com> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp help request (MYADDR & HISADDR) Message-ID: <Pine.OSF.3.96.980708080537.31491A-100000@jaguar.ir.miami.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.980708020144.22542X-100000@resnet.uoregon.edu>
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If you are receiving a truly dynamic IP, then make sure you have the line: ifaddr 10.0.0.1 10.0.0.2 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0 in your ppp.conf file under the provider heading that you are using. Of course, this assumes you're using an auto setup. Joe Clarke On Wed, 8 Jul 1998, Doug White wrote: > 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 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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