From owner-freebsd-questions Sat May 24 18:33:04 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id SAA00301 for questions-outgoing; Sat, 24 May 1997 18:33:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from iceberg.anchorage.net. (root@iceberg.anchorage.net [207.14.72.150]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id SAA00296 for ; Sat, 24 May 1997 18:33:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from aak.anchorage.net (ai-132 [207.14.72.132]) by iceberg.anchorage.net. (8.6.11/8.7.3) with SMTP id QAA01518; Sat, 24 May 1997 16:29:28 -0800 Date: Sat, 24 May 1997 17:12:00 -0800 (AKDT) From: Steve Howe X-Sender: abc@aak.anchorage.net To: Ian Wynne cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp auto mode In-Reply-To: <199705240443.VAA06119@hub.freebsd.org> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Sat, 24 May 1997, Ian Wynne wrote: i experience this from time to time also ... i not sure why - but once i fixed it by correcting the routing tables manually. since then i've heard some cleanup problems with routing tables, so i just attribute it to that! but i could be way off base. i also always get a "bogus" route added to my tables automatically from out of nowhere: 255.255.255.255 255.255.255.255 UHb 0 0 tun0 i use 2.2.1., but had these problems since 2.1.5. also - "netstat -r" does not show my isp-nameserver route, whereas telnet-ing into ppp and "show route" does show this ... ??? > I'm using FreeBSD 2.1.6R. My question is with iijppp ppp, ie user mode ppp. > > When I envoke ppp in the "-auto" mode, where is supposed to dial out when it > detects a packet on the out going interface, it only seems to dial when there > is an out going UDP packet such as a routed packet. Telnet and ping don't seem > to initiate dialling. > > Have I set something up wrongly, or have other people experienced the same > thing? Does the version in "current" display the same behavior? ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sleep: a sign a caffeine deprivation ... http://www.anchorage.net/~un_x -------------------------------------------------------------------------