From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 17 14:44:05 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA09642 for questions-outgoing; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 14:44:05 -0800 (PST) Received: from cia.com.au (spook.cia.com.au [203.17.36.1]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA09583 for ; Mon, 17 Mar 1997 14:43:58 -0800 (PST) Received: from [203.28.48.239] (cuba.cia.com.au [203.28.48.239]) by cia.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id JAA22304; Tue, 18 Mar 1997 09:41:57 +1100 (EST) Message-Id: <199703172241.JAA22304@cia.com.au> Subject: Re: ppp -auto problem? on 2.1.5-RELEASE Date: Tue, 18 Mar 97 09:43:09 +1100 x-sender: alastair@mail.cia.com.au x-mailer: Claris Emailer 2.0 x49, February 10, 1997 From: Alastair Rankine To: "Bill Nutt" , Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >I'm currently running 2.1.5-R (yes I know I need to upgrade ASAP!) and have >set up >ppp to run on auto. As soon as I do a: > >ppp -auto > >the machine dials out, even though I have nothing running which I think >needs to send a packet. Me! Me! I know the answer! Check your routed flags in /etc/sysconfig. I haven't got my machine in front of me, but there's a flag which stops it broadcasting it's routing information. The ppp link comes up in order to broadcast routing tables to your ISP (not that they probably care :). >From memory the default routed flag is -s, change this to -q and you should be right. Read the man page to check my info. Alternatively don't run routed (gateway=NO). [ Alastair Rankine ] [ pgp D6E9 DC10 7B7A 9269 0F14 882D E9D9 D4D5 ] [ home mailto:alastair@cia.com.au http://www.cia.com.au/alastair ] [ work mailto:alastair@progmatics.com.au http://www.progmatics.com.au ]