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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.mira.net.au!yarrina.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!news.ysu.edu!neoucom.edu!ns.mcs.kent.edu!kira.cc.uakron.edu!odin.oar.net!malgudi.oar.net!imci4!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.sprintlink.net!helena.MT.net!nate From: nate@trout.sri.MT.net (Nate Williams) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Slight problem with user ppp! Date: 13 Feb 1996 17:10:22 GMT Organization: SRI Intl. - Montana Operations Lines: 28 Message-ID: <4fqglu$ams@helena.MT.net> References: <31208E98.32E1@metrosol.demon.co.uk> Reply-To: "Nate Williams" <nate@sneezy.sri.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: trout.sri.mt.net In article <31208E98.32E1@metrosol.demon.co.uk>, Steve Gailey <steveg@metrosol.demon.co.uk> wrote: .. >When I run ppp the first time from a reboot, I get the following >message: ... >SIOCAIFADDR: File exists Do you have a line /etc/sysconfig to configure 'tun0'? If so, delete it. It's not needed. It would look something like this # network_interfaces="tun0 lo0" ifconfig_tun0="inet 1.2.3.4 5.6.7.8 netmask 0xffffffffff" ifconfig_lo0="inet localhost" Either that or you have a default route that is setup and is in-correct. Nate -- nate@sneezy.sri.com | Research Engineer, SRI Intl. - Montana Operations nate@trout.sri.MT.net | Loving life in God's country, the great state of work #: (406) 449-7662 | Montana. home #: (406) 443-7063 | A fly pole and a 4x4 Chevy truck = Heaven on Earth