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Subject: Re: ppp and static IP
In-Reply-To: <19970602221032.NH28135@uriah.heep.sax.de> from J Wunsch at "Jun 2, 97 10:10:32 pm"
To: joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 1997 09:17:48 -0400 (EDT)
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J Wunsch said and I quote:
]As Jordan K. Hubbard wrote:
]
]> In any case, you tell us absolutely nothing about how ppp actually
]> fails, so how are we supposed to help you? :-(
]
]Also, if dynamic IP works, i don't seen any problem why _not_ to use
]them.  That's the good thing with PPP: you can leave the IP address
]open for negotiation, and it's just a matter of the other end which
]address to provide.
]
]This is probably best placed in -questions.

Guys, this isn't a "problem" for me. I'll just use slip until the next Bay
or freebsd upgrade comes along or until I change providers (whichever comes
first). The reasons why I have a static IP address are numerous and not
relevant. 

This is a compatibility issue between a Bay release and seems to be unique
to freebsd pppd. Bay claims the freebsd crew screwed up. I thought you might
like to know. If I am wrong on either assumption please accept my sincere
apologies. I'm a user, not a developer (or even programmer for that matter).

BTW: I brought this up in -questions first and tried the suggestions.

- JoeB