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From: evanc@synapse.net (Evan Champion)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with pppd
Date: 22 Jun 1995 17:19:04 GMT
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In message <3sc8hf$eue@sentinel.synapse.net> - evanc@synapse.net (Evan 
Champion) writes:
:>1.  when the user logs out, the pppd does not exit.  pppd will run for hours 
:>and hours (basically until I kill it off) without recognizing the user has 
:>left.  This leaves the port in a not very good state for the next user.

I fixed this with the "modem" command line option.

:>2.  the 'proxyarp' command line option does not add the remote host to the 
:>arp table.

I still can't get proxyarp to work at all.  I would very much appreciate it 
if someone could give me a hand.

Evan
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