From owner-freebsd-hackers Sun Oct 25 15:35:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA28477 for freebsd-hackers-outgoing; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:35:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from awfulhak.org (awfulhak.force9.co.uk [195.166.136.63]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA28464 for ; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 15:35:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (root@woof.lan.awfulhak.org [172.16.0.7]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA27043; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:55:23 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from woof.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by woof.lan.awfulhak.org (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id RAA01596; Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:55:31 GMT (envelope-from brian@woof.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199810251755.RAA01596@woof.lan.awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Keith Stevenson cc: Brian Somers , freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Ppp improvements for dynamic IPs In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 24 Oct 1998 14:47:53 EDT." <19981024144753.A24415@homer.louisville.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sun, 25 Oct 1998 17:55:31 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Thanks for the report. I have no plans to put it into -stable. The stuff in -stable is from before the ppp rewrite, and we're not supposed to add new features to the -stable branch. Anyone that wants the latest ppp can get it from my web site anyway :-) > I just installed the new code and everything seems to work as advertised. The > "first-connection" problem is gone and no new bugs appear to have been > introduced. I tested connecting both with my FreeBSD console and from the > Windows boxen on the private network behind it. > > Thanks for the fix! Any idea when/if it will be committed to Stable? > > Regards, > --Keith Stevenson-- > > -- > Keith Stevenson > System Programmer - Data Center Services - University of Louisville > k.stevenson@louisville.edu > PGP key fingerprint = 4B 29 A8 95 A8 82 EA A2 29 CE 68 DE FC EE B6 A0 > > On Thu, Oct 22, 1998 at 01:32:48PM +0100, Brian Somers wrote: > > Ppp has just been updated with some code that should work around the > > ``first connection'' problem for people running in -auto -alias mode > > with dynamic IPs. > > > > Previously, the program that caused the dial up would never connect > > although programs started after the dialup is complete would. Now, > > everything should ``just work''. > -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message