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Date:      Sat, 22 Mar 1997 17:33:42 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Kenneth R. Westerback" <krw@tcn.net>
To:        freebsd-current@freebsd.org
Subject:   2.2R (src-2.2.0213) Handbook secion 12.1.5 (user ppp/Static IP Addresses
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.95q.970322171826.217A-100000@Pkrw.tcn.net>

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When I read the latest version of the Handbook section 12.1.5 and
subsequent sections on setting up user ppp with a static IP address I
found I had made a number of mistakes in my setup and corrected them,
putting everything as in the examples provided.

Unfortunately ppp then ceased to function usefully, as no default route to
the outside world was established.  It seemed like the 'delete ALL' and
'add 0 0 HISADDR' statements in ppp.conf and ppp.linkup were being
ignored.  I could telnet localhost 3000 and enter 'add 0 0 HISADDR' and
then thing worked fine.

Much experimentation later I found that I had a typo in my ppp.linkup file
that had beem preventing its being used (wrong IP address).  When I fixed
this then things worked without a manual telnet and 'add 0 0 HISADDR'.

Which brings me to what seems to be the error in section 12.1.5.  Line 13:
in the example, despite the description, apparently DOES NOT add a default
route, this only happens when the 'add 0 0 HISADDR' statement in
ppp.linkup is executed.  Thus I think that both the 'delete ALL' and 'add
0 0 HISADDR' statements in the example shown should be deleted and the
comment that ppp.linkup is optional for static IP addresses should also be
deleted.

Or did I do something else wrong?

---- Ken





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