From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Dec 3 00:45:42 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8B2C21065672 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:45:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from asmtpout023.mac.com (asmtpout023.mac.com [17.148.16.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 712408FC15 for ; Fri, 3 Dec 2010 00:45:42 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Received: from cswiger1.apple.com ([17.209.4.71]) by asmtp023.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPSA id <0LCT00C68U40R190@asmtp023.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:45:36 -0800 (PST) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=0 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1010190000 definitions=main-1012020155 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-12-02_12:2010-12-03, 2010-12-02, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 From: Chuck Swiger In-reply-to: <20101202181201.F3715@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2010 16:45:36 -0800 Message-id: <55DFCB0B-C7D7-48E9-BBCF-1A758C97E40E@mac.com> References: <20101202181201.F3715@qroenaqrq.6qbyyneqvnyhc.pbz> To: Lars Eighner X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1082) Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Switch ppp.conf with tun w/o reboot X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2010 00:45:42 -0000 On Dec 2, 2010, at 4:13 PM, Lars Eighner wrote: > Can I switch ppp configurations for ppp on demand using tunneling without rebooting? If you're asking about the userland ppp using tunXX interfaces, yes. You can kill ppp, then re-run "ppp -auto config2" and it will bring up ppp using a second config instead. Regards, -- -Chuck