Date: Sat, 20 Sep 1997 13:42:54 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Keith Spencer <bsd@smmc.qld.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: PPP doc ambiguity..help! Message-ID: <19970920134254.23541@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709200154.LAA17763@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>; from Keith Spencer on Fri, May 02, 1997 at 01:09:29PM %2B0000 References: <199709200154.LAA17763@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au>
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On Fri, May 02, 1997 at 01:09:29PM +0000, Keith Spencer wrote: I'd see your messages sooner if you set your date and time zone (+1000) correctly. > Hi all, > I have read and followed ch13 "PPP & SLIP" doc for a dynamic IP and > user PPP. ....but > a) I find it ambiguous..do I do a ppp.conf file for static and then > simply add in the 3 lines > ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 > delete ALL > add 0 0 10.0.0.2 > > I guess I do! No, if you're using dynamic addressing, you don't set up for static. > since there is nowhere in dynamic section that configs for my > provider. That's right. It's done dynamically. > If so, do I remove the 3 corresponding lines in static config > section of doc? That sounds the best. It would be easier if you included your config file. > b) after re-booting I tried > ppp > dial provider > and no dial occurred...it timedout > Any ideas ? Did you give it the correct device name? > I have not been able to get a blip out of my modem...I know it works > because the machine I'm installing freebsd on is a dual win95/bsd > boot. In windows it dials how do you reckon this got to you? ;^) Probably your Windows configuration is complete :-) Greg
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