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From: behrensm@river.it.gvsu.edu (Matt Behrens)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: ppp -alias with 2.2.2
Date: 7 Jul 1997 23:23:24 GMT
Organization: Grand Valley State University
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Joseph Moore (jomor@bitstream.net) wrote:

: I recently "updated" from 2.1.7 to 2.2.2.. I use my freebsd box mainly
: as a gateway to my isp. The -alias switch doesn't appear to be available
: with the PPP user process anymore. Did it go away or what? Also... is
: there someplace that I can put the command to start PPP in on demand
: mode at boot time? I'd rather not have to log in to get things going.

It's still there, it just works differently.  You no longer need to issue
alias enable yes, simply providing the -alias switch is all you need to
do.

--
  Matt Behrens <zigg@iserv.net>
  Zigg Computer Services
  http://www.iserv.net/~zigg/