From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Feb 19 08:50:04 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) id IAA06614 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 08:50:04 -0800 (PST) Received: from halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu (halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu [18.26.0.159]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.3/8.7.3) with SMTP id IAA06569 for ; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 08:49:59 -0800 (PST) Received: by halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu; (5.65/1.1.8.2/19Aug95-0530PM) id AA03110; Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:49:50 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 1996 11:49:50 -0500 From: "Garrett A. Wollman" Message-Id: <9602191649.AA03110@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu> To: Stephen Waits Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Weird FreeBSD/routing/portmasterPPP problems.. In-Reply-To: References: Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org Precedence: bulk < said: > When dialing up my portmaster and establishing a PPP link, my FreeBSD > host does not realize the proper route to the portmaster assigned PPP > address. ping's to the PPP host's IP return 'host is down'. There is not enough information here to diagnose the problem. > ifconfig ed0 inet 206.85.32.32 netmask 0xfffffc00 > ifconfig ed0 alias 206.85.32.33 netmask 0xffffffff > ifconfig ed0 alias 206.85.32.34 netmask 0xffffffff > ifconfig ed0 alias 206.85.34.1 netmask 0xffffffff > I can make the "broken" PPP link work if I manually fix the route tables. What are the parameters of the PPP connection? What does your routing table (netstat -ran) look like when it's broken? -GAWollman -- Garrett A. Wollman | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... wollman@lcs.mit.edu | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance. Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence. We like people MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish. - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant