From owner-freebsd-current Sun Apr 30 11:17:52 1995 Return-Path: current-owner Received: (from majordom@localhost) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) id LAA00498 for current-outgoing; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:17:52 -0700 Received: from pelican.com (pelican.com [134.24.4.62]) by freefall.cdrom.com (8.6.10/8.6.6) with SMTP id LAA00492 for ; Sun, 30 Apr 1995 11:17:46 -0700 Received: by pelican.com (Smail3.1.28.1 #5) id m0s5dYf-000K0iC; Sun, 30 Apr 95 11:17 WET DST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 30 Apr 95 11:17 WET DST From: pete@pelican.com (Pete Carah) To: current@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Two questions/comments about latest -current snapshot.... In-Reply-To: Organization: Pelican Consulting Sender: current-owner@FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk In article you write: > 2) I notice that the SLIP driver has been changed to require a >destination address for SIOCSIFADDR. I've never been really sure >what to fill in for this, since the device on the other end of my >SLIP connection (a Cisco terminal server) doesn't really "look" like >a traditional point-to-point interface - the other end doesn't have >it's own, distinct IP address. Well, CERFnet has you put cisco.master.address.1 in for this (where my address is cisco.master.address.62) I don't know how configurable a cisco is, so don't know if it will work for any other provider... i.e. I use: ifconfig sl0 inet gate-pelican cit-dial.cerf.net netmask 255.255.255.0 down with gate-pelican == 134.24.4.62 and cit-dial.cerf.net == 134.24.4.1 both in /etc/hosts - the latter does match the dns entry (at nic.cerf.net) for it but that isn't accessible when doing the ifconfig :-) Since I only have one active slip I don't have to use the reconfigure script. ppp will be different but it does its own ifconfig and route... >I just put my SLIP address as both >the interface address and the destination address, and that seems to >work OK. Is there something else I should be doing instead? (OK, that's >not strictly a FreeBSD question, but it is something I haven't had to >worry about until my latest build of -current). I *think* the cisco will work with almost anything in its subnet for the destination, except the individual address for another slip customer... (I presume here you have "locked" slip addresses like cerfnet does, so dns will work; if not, then it may not work the same). You might try the .1 address just to see if that works. (or just stay as you are. If your provider's tech people are both knowledgable and friendly, ask...) I have no cisco manuals myself - the providers that I am dealing with that have manuals to loan plan to use ascend 50's as far as I know, and the cerfnet folks are too far away. -- Pete