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Date:      Tue, 8 May 2007 17:29:25 +0100
From:      RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        bob@a1poweruser.com
Subject:   Re: ppp is broken???
Message-ID:  <20070508172925.7ba09ee7@gumby.homeunix.com.>
In-Reply-To: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBCEBLCCAA.bob@a1poweruser.com>
References:  <463F2149.5030101@freemail.hu> <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBCEBLCCAA.bob@a1poweruser.com>

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On Mon, 7 May 2007 10:25:20 -0400
"Bob" <bob@a1poweruser.com> wrote:

> The format of the statement to add
> is ifconfig_xxxx=up where xxxx is the NIC's FBSD interface name used
> by PPPoE that you specified in the /etc/ppp/ppp.conf file.
> ee /etc/rc.conf      # add following statements 
> ifconfig_xxxx=up

I've not needed to do this,

> ifconfig_tun0="DHCP"    # get your ISP assigned IP address

PPP has its own mechanism for getting an IP address and dns server
addresses. You don't normally need to specify DHCP for the interface.



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