Date: Sun, 2 Jul 1995 18:50:14 +0200 (MET DST) From: J Wunsch <j@uriah.heep.sax.de> To: jleppek@harris.com (Jim Leppek) Cc: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de, freebsd-current@freefall.cdrom.com Subject: Re: ppp Message-ID: <199507021650.SAA00415@uriah.heep.sax.de> In-Reply-To: <199507021426.KAA00305@cyclops> from "Jim Leppek" at Jul 2, 95 10:26:59 am
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As Jim Leppek wrote: > > > Yes, my provider wants to see 0.0.0.0 during the initial negotiation > phase however thats the problem. A 0.0.0.0 address gets converted to > 192.0.0.1 within the ppp even if you set ifaddr 0 0. > This occurs in ipcp.c around line 164 per my earlier mail message. > It is this forced ( and hidden ) conversion that I question. > When I set my initial address to 0.0.0.0 I expect ppp to use it. Sorry, i've got confused. I've been in the belief that it happened later, but it's apparently been during the IPCP phase. Ok. Btw., i don't know about the kernel-ppp, but couldn't you give any address as long as you're specifying the /0 (i.e., don't insist on getting a particular address)? -- cheers, J"org joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de -- http://www.sax.de/~joerg/ Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for. ;-)
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