From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Apr 16 17:12:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id RAA22997 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:12:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA22963 for ; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:12:14 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.7) with ESMTP id AAA01596; Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:15:18 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199804162315.AAA01596@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: "noah" cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dial on demand routing with iijppp In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 16 Apr 1998 15:53:35 +0200." <199804161348.PAA01476@mweb.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 17 Apr 1998 00:15:18 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi > > I am looking for information on dial-on-demand routing using > user ppp (iijppp), hopefully you are the correct person to ask ;) > If not delete me and pretend i never asked ... > > The situation is thus : > I require several (at least three) wide area routers that use user ppp > for connectivity. each router is freebsd 2.2.1 with a SINGLE modem > and other wan connections. I need to be able to initiate connections in > both directions ... > > It seems fairly simple to do this in one direction ( eg an isp connection) > but appears much harder on a peer to peer basis. The problem seems to > lie with the routing. You must use different routes for the same nets > depending on which router initiates the connection. > This seems to call for a routing daemon that can handle redundant > routes but I cant get any to work. > Does anyone have any ideas as how to get this going? > Has anyone done anything like this before ? > Thanks for your help You could try setting your ppp.conf file up so that the -direct mode ppp kills the running -auto mode ppp, and then set your ppp.linkdown so that the -direct mode ppp starts ppp -auto again. > noah@mweb.co.za -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message