From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 25 3:43:34 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (mta05-svc.ntlworld.com [62.253.162.45]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CFD837B417 for ; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 03:43:31 -0800 (PST) Received: from lungfish.ntlworld.com ([62.253.154.118]) by mta05-svc.ntlworld.com (InterMail vM.4.01.03.13 201-229-121-113) with ESMTP id <20011125114330.XVCR18045.mta05-svc.ntlworld.com@lungfish.ntlworld.com>; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:43:30 +0000 Received: from boog.goatsucker.org (boog.goatsucker.org [192.168.1.3]) by lungfish.ntlworld.com (8.11.3/8.11.3) with ESMTP id fAPBhSn17576; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:43:28 GMT (envelope-from scott@boog.goatsucker.org) Received: (from scott@localhost) by boog.goatsucker.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA11124; Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:42:55 GMT (envelope-from scott) Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2001 11:42:54 +0000 From: Scott Mitchell To: Nils Holland Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp collecting IP addresses... Message-ID: <20011125114254.F273@localhost> References: <20011125002040.K33390-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.4i In-Reply-To: <20011125002040.K33390-100000@jodie.ncptiddische.net>; from nils@tisys.org on Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:29:53AM +0100 X-Operating-System: FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE i386 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sun, Nov 25, 2001 at 12:29:53AM +0100, Nils Holland wrote: > Hi folks, > > I have been using (user) ppp on FreeBSD (now 4.4-STABLE) for years on one > of my boxes in order to provide on-demans Internet access to my other > machines (using the -auto and -nat options). However, today I noticed > something strange, which doesn't look entirely normal to be, but has also > never caused problems - at least not that I know. Here's what I'm talking > about: > > When I was routinely changing the configuration of the Ethernet interface > on my ppp-enabled machine, I entered "ifconfig" and saw something like > that: Try adding 'iface clear' to your ppp.linkdown file... seems to do the trick for me. Scott -- =========================================================================== Scott Mitchell | PGP Key ID | "Eagles may soar, but weasels Cambridge, England | 0x54B171B9 | don't get sucked into jet engines" scott.mitchell@mail.com | 0xAA775B8B | -- Anon To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message