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From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
Subject: Re: bin/2524: PPP Users Get Knocked Off After PAP
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The following reply was made to PR bin/2524; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: j@uriah.heep.sax.de (J Wunsch)
To: brian@columbia-center.org
Cc: freebsd-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject: Re: bin/2524: PPP Users Get Knocked Off After PAP
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 1997 22:34:38 +0100

 As brian@columbia-center.org wrote:
 
 > 1/17-02:12:05-17216 pppd: Fatal system error: Can't ifconfig du9 (SIOCSIFADDR):
 > File exists
 
 Do you perchance have an ifconfig entry in /etc/sysconfig for ppp0?
 Remove it, it's bogus.
 
 If not, be more detailed about the interface configuration.  The
 message seems to indicate that you're trying to use a single IP
 address twice.
 
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 cheers, J"org
 
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