Date: Fri, 15 Oct 1999 00:48:57 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Larry Berland <stuyman@euphoria.confusion.net> Cc: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>, "D.Schneider" <mrtyler@earthlink.net>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org, brian@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org Subject: Re: PPP dialup problems Message-ID: <199910142348.AAA02560@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Message from Larry Berland <stuyman@euphoria.confusion.net> of "Thu, 14 Oct 1999 09:27:49 PDT." <Pine.NEB.3.96.991014091832.26727A-100000@euphoria.confusion.net>
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The ifconfig_tun0 setting is pretty much redundant. If ppp is
started, it'll configure the interface. If it's not, there's no
point in assigning IP numbers to it.
It's the start_if.tun0 script that does the actual deed ;-)
> On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Brian Somers wrote:
>
> > > Your rc.conf should contain an entry for tun0
> > > so with your rc that'd be
> > > network_interfaces="xl0 lo0 tun0"
> > > then ifconfig_tun0="ppp -auto provider"
> >
> > This will not work :-/
> >
> > > or better yet instead of the second line could be replaced by making the
> > > file start_if.tun0 which contains just
> > >
> > > ppp -auto provider
> >
> > But this will :-)
> >
> > There are hooks to enable ppp in rc.conf in 3.3 and above.
>
> Oooops, haven't setup ppp on a 3.3 system, and the first part worked fine
> on that, perhaps things have changed...someone should probably update the
> handbook. Will the ifconfig_tun0 line work or is all of that wrong?
[.....]
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