From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jun 30 00:27:04 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA21273 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:27:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@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 AAA21242 for ; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 00:26:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from gate.lan.awfulhak.org (brian@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id IAA10667; Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:07:05 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from brian@gate.lan.awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199806300707.IAA10667@awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.1 12/23/97 To: Stephen Derdau cc: Brian Somers , Frank Griffith , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Static vs Dynamic IP address setups in ppp.conf In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 29 Jun 1998 07:47:51 EDT." <35977EE7.F428D0F9@bit-net.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 30 Jun 1998 08:07:04 +0100 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG [.....] > Here is my ppp.conf file... > > set authname USERNAME HERE > set authkey PASSWORD HERE > set phone !!!!!!!! > set timeout 0 > set openmode active > accept pap > set ifaddr 208.146.12.123/0 208.146.12.64/0 255.255.255.0 > delete ALL > add 0 0 208.146.12.64 > > *** I still have the /0 after my ip and my isp's gateway addresses > > I'm new to all this stuff my terminology may not be correct. > However, I believe this info is pretty accurate. > Have fun > > O by the way make sure you have the newest ppp software > downloadable from http://www.awfulhak.org/ppp.html With this latest version, it's better to add 0 0 HISADDR which is the same as add default HISADDR rather than add 0 0 208.146.12.64 The difference is that using HISADDR makes it a ``sticky route'' that will change any time the IP number changes through negotiation etc. Of course this won't happen with static IPs, but I thought it was worth mentioning. > Have fun > /SD > FreeBSD 2.2.6-STABLE #0: Sat Jun 27 15:11:12 EDT 1998 > "If it's not one thing it's something else" -- Brian , , Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour.... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message