Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:51:01 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: aaron@csh.rit.edu Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp-980609: sticky routes not working Message-ID: <199806121751.SAA12621@awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jun 1998 20:09:13 EDT." <19980611200913.07458@homenet>
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> I just recently switched from using the /usr/sbin/ppp which came
> with 2.2.5R to ppp-980609. Unfortunately, I have been noticing
> problems with routes and interfaces not properly being updated.
>
> /etc/ppp/ppp.conf includes the following.
> set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.255.0 0.0.0.0
> add default HISADDR
>
> I don't "set ifaddr" or "add" a route anywhere else. I invoke ppp
> with "ppp -auto -alias myisp". However, if I suddenly switch to
> ddial mode using pppctl, the default route vanishes and tun0 is no
> longer associated with an IP address.
Fixed now - thanks for the report.
> Also, routes associated with
> real Internet numbers stick around sometimes after the connection
> has been dropped. This happens occationally even when I don't mess
> around with switching to ddial mode.
Are these ``W'' routes visible via ``show route'' inside ppp ?
> Am I doing something wrong? Is this a bug? Is there a "stable"
> version of ppp I should use?
At the moment it's either the -stable branch (which I don't try to
maintain as an archive too) or the stuff you've got. The stuff
you've got is beta, but it's proving reasonably reliable.
> Aaron Luz
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