From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Nov 2 03:32:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id DAA16098 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:32:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from awfulhak.demon.co.uk (awfulhak.demon.co.uk [158.152.17.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id DAA16084 for ; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 03:31:54 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.demon.co.uk (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id LAA23225; Sun, 2 Nov 1997 11:31:39 GMT Message-Id: <199711021131.LAA23225@awfulhak.demon.co.uk> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0zeta 7/24/97 To: andrew@log.on.ca (Andrew Stevens) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp -alias In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 01 Nov 1997 21:46:11 EST." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 11:31:39 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > Greetings: > > I am currently attempting to set up a gateway on my FreeBSD 2.1.7 server. > I have followed the tutorial (which is excellent, by the way) through most > of the steps and so far, all seems to be working fine. I can't, however, > get the -alias switch to work when I start ppp. When "ppp -auto -alias > demand" is typed, ppp comes up with the statement, "Usage: ppp [-auto | > -direct | -dedicated] [system]". Is there an updated version of ppp for > 2.1.7 which would allow aliasing, am I missing a line in a configuration > file, or, [gulp] do I need to upgrade to 2.2? If anyone has a solution, > please let me know. [.....] http://www.freebsd.org/~brian has the latest -current version (tweaked to build on 2.1.0 and up). > Take Care, > > > > Andrew Stevens. > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour....