Date: Fri, 07 Sep 2001 13:40:05 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@freebsd-services.com> To: David Hunt <davidh@apdata.com.au> Cc: freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@freebsd-services.com Subject: Re: PPP not adding an interface route Message-ID: <200109071240.f87Ce5J14931@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from David Hunt <davidh@apdata.com.au> of "Fri, 07 Sep 2001 13:53:24 %2B0930." <3B984BBC.38C0FA7B@apdata.com.au>
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> Hi All
>
>
> I am running FreeBSD 4.4-RC, compiled on the 7-september and have found
> that PPP is not adding a local interface route when the link comes up. I
> am using a legal subnet as follows:
>
>
> tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
> inet6 fe80::260:97ff:fe7b:3dc2%tun0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0xa
> inet 192.168.252.2 --> 192.168.252.1 netmask 0xfffffffc
> Opened by PID 117
>
> but the route table shows:
>
> bash-2.04# netstat -arn
> Routing tables
>
> Internet:
> Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Netif Expire
> 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 UH 2 180 lo0
> 192.168.6 link#1 UC 1 0 xl0
> 192.168.6.255 ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff UHLWb 1 1 xl0
> 192.168.252.1 192.168.252.2 UH 2 59 tun0
ppp has never automatically added a lo0 route. If ppp detects an
outbound packet destined for the local interface address and
``loopback'' is ``enabled'' (the default), it'll turn the packet
around, but that's the extent of it's helpfulness.
> Thanks
>
> David Hunt
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