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Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:12:01 +0930
From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com>
To: xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn>
Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject: Re: Limiting users connect time (+ another little questi
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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 09:41:49AM +0000, xiyuan qian wrote:
> PS. I have setup a FreeBSD server running ppp dialout to an ISP to get a
> dynamic IP address, but I can not run ppp -auto ispsite to make the
> connection auto, it always tell me "you must assign dstaddr to make the
> connection", why?

ppp -auto triggers on the destination IP address in the packet.  In
order for it to work, the packet has to be routed via the PPP
interface.  In order to set up a route, you need a destination address
for the PPP link.  In order to do that, you really need static
addressing.

I'd be interested to know if anybody has been able to set up automatic
dialling with a loose destination address (e.g. "I want address
193.2.3.4, but I'll only insist on the first 24 bits).  It could work,
but I don't know for sure, and I'd *like* to know for sure.

Greg