From owner-freebsd-isp Tue Feb 25 14:11:44 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id OAA19817 for isp-outgoing; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 14:11:44 -0800 (PST) Received: from panda.hilink.com.au (panda.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.5]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id OAA19812 for ; Tue, 25 Feb 1997 14:11:39 -0800 (PST) Received: (from danny@localhost) by panda.hilink.com.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id JAA11111; Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:20:55 +1100 (EST) Date: Wed, 26 Feb 1997 09:20:54 +1100 (EST) From: "Daniel O'Callaghan" To: steve cc: FreeBSD-isp@freebsd.org Subject: Re: routed help needed with /etc/gateways In-Reply-To: <1.5.4.16.19970225131558.280f484a@idirect.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-isp@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Tue, 25 Feb 1997, steve wrote: > I have been trying to get my FreeBSD box to handle slip dial-ins; I have one > class 'C' address subnetted as 255.255.255.248 (3 host bits); I have the > modem on the .16 subnet, with ip addr .17, and want the remote machine > dialing in as .18. > > routed deletes the interface after nearly tree minutes. Danny informed me > that the sl0 interface needed to be marked as passive. I have tried several Have you tried gated instead? It is much more configurable. I'll send you a conf file if you like. BTW, you can use your ethernet interface IP address as the local end IP address of a slip link - saves an IP address. Danny