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From: "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.org>
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Tips : Dynamic PPP On-Demand Setup
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 22:56:23 -0800
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To: Jay Kuri <jaykuri@no.such.domain>
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Jay Kuri wrote:
>    Actually, Upon looking at my configuration a second time I realized
> something.  The script that I put in there is completely unnecessary.

> In /etc/sysconfig add tun0 to your network_interfaces line.  Add an
> ifconfig_tun0 line stating the IP that you used in ppp.conf, and the

Actually, so is this.. :-)

The configuration of tun0 will be done automatically by ppp when you
start it; no preconfiguration of tun0 is necessary.

-- 
- Jordan Hubbard
  President, FreeBSD Project