From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jun 12 10:52:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id KAA00805 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:52:44 -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 KAA00631 for ; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 10:51:29 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA12621; Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:51:01 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199806121751.SAA12621@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: aaron@csh.rit.edu cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp-980609: sticky routes not working In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 11 Jun 1998 20:09:13 EDT." <19980611200913.07458@homenet> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 18:51:01 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > 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 -- 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