Date: Mon, 17 Mar 1997 18:03:36 -0600 From: "Jeffrey J. Mountin" <sysop@mixcom.com> To: Alastair Rankine <alastair@cia.com.au> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ppp -auto problem? on 2.1.5-RELEASE Message-ID: <3.0.32.19970317180335.010a98e8@mixcom.com>
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At 09:43 AM 3/18/97 +1100, Alastair Rankine wrote: >Me! Me! I know the answer! To much coffee? >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 :). We don't and an ISP should NEVER listen to a dial-in for routes. No broadcast or listen on dial-up ports here. >>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. Default is -q >Alternatively don't run routed (gateway=NO). When you make the connection it would be a good idea to set a default route or accept the default router duing negotation. ------------------------------------------- Jeff Mountin - System/Network Administrator jeff@mixcom.net MIX Communications Serving the Internet since 1990
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