From owner-freebsd-net Sat Oct 20 10:59:16 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Received: from fepE.post.tele.dk (fepE.post.tele.dk [195.41.46.137]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A404B37B401 for ; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 10:59:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from arnold.neland.dk ([62.243.124.200]) by fepE.post.tele.dk (InterMail vM.4.01.03.23 201-229-121-123-20010418) with ESMTP id <20011020175911.ESCQ13021.fepE.post.tele.dk@arnold.neland.dk>; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:59:11 +0200 Received: from gina ([192.168.5.109]) by arnold.neland.dk (8.11.6/8.11.6) with SMTP id f9KHxkq80369; Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:59:46 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from leifn@neland.dk) Message-ID: <005701c15990$eb5407c0$6d05a8c0@neland.dk> From: "Leif Neland" To: "Jason Kocol" , References: <3BD1B5F7.DA998771@cv.org> Subject: Re: ppp, tun0, and 2 IP addresses Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 19:59:09 +0200 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2600.0000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-net@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jason Kocol" To: Sent: Saturday, October 20, 2001 7:35 PM Subject: ppp, tun0, and 2 IP addresses > I am running FreeBSD 4.4-STABLE, using ppp with a DSL router. I run ppp > in ddial mode, using tun0 as the device. My DSL service provides me > with a dynamic IP address. > > Whenever I get disconnected somehow (most likely by the ISP or switch I > am connected to), and ppp reconnects, tun0 ends up binding to 2 > different IP addresses - the one it was using prior to disconnecting and > the new one. > > Has anyone ever experienced this problem and has a way to solve it? It > happens to me regularly. Please let me know if you need any more > information. > It is no problem. It is because processes running during the cutoff and reconnect does not have to bind to another IP. Are you having any trouble with it, other than confusion? Leif To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-net" in the body of the message