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From: FredI@worldnet.att.net (Alan W. Trulock)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Problem setting up IIJPPP for dynamic address.
Date: Wed, 16 Oct 1996 21:38:00 GMT
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On 16 Oct 1996 00:43:20 +0100, brian@anorak.coverform.lan (Brian
Somers) wrote:

>In article <32618F59.46A8@erinet.com>,
>	"J.B. Rawlings" <rawlings@erinet.com> writes:
>[.....]

>
>You need to reset your routes.  In ppp.conf, you need
>
>    ifaddr me him
>    add 0 0 HISADDR
>
>where "him" may be a guess at what the other IP number might be.  However,
>in ppp.linkup, you need
>
>    delete ALL
>    add 0 0 HISADDR
>
>So that you can remove the incorrect route and create a correct default
>to the "actual" other side that was assigned.
>
>-- 
>Brian <brian@awfulhak.demon.co.uk>
>      <http://www.awfulhak.demon.co.uk/>
>Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....
>.
I'll give this a try.
Last night, I decided to give up on this and try pppd instead.
Got it to work in a day!

--Al