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From: mib@bb-data.de (Martin Ibert)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: User PPP client questions
Date: 01 Dec 1995 15:06:34 GMT
Organization: BB-DATA GmbH, Berlin, Germany
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Distribution: world
Message-ID: <MIB.95Dec1160634@laforge.bb-data.de>
Reply-To: mib@bb-data.de, martini@heaven7.snafu.de, martini@berlin.snafu.de
NNTP-Posting-Host: laforge.ppe.bb-data.de

Hi,

two little questions regarding user PPP that I have not been able to
solve with the Handbook/FAQ/manual page.

(1) How do I make ppp dial another phone number when dialing the first
failed? I think I remember seeing a config file that does that
SOMEwhere, but I can't seem to find it again :-(

(2) My ISP uses different addresses for their end of the PPP
connection, so I cannot simply put "the" address into the linkup
file. Is HISADDR a human-processed macro (meaning I am meant to
replace it by the actual address) or a machine-processed one (meaning
ppp does it for me)?

Thanks.
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