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Date:      Thu, 9 May 1996 16:21:40 +0900
From:      Toshihiro Kanda <candy@fct.kgc.co.jp>
To:        John Utz <spaz@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ppp -auto and network apps, does it work?
Message-ID:  <199605090721.QAA28042@xxx.fct.kgc.co.jp>
In-Reply-To:  <Pine.OSF.3.92a.960508214321.31468A-100000@becker2.u.washington.edu>

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> final question; i have created a successfull entry in my /etc/ppp/ppp.conf
> that will get me logged in and ppp'd up when i invoke it as ppp uw.
> However, if i try ppp -auto uw ( uw is the configuration name ) then
> telnet or ftp fail with a "no route to host". So evidently, the magic that
> is supposed to dial ppp is not working. Has anybody gotten this to work?

Entries for auto mode should have:

    set ifaddr <my interface IP address> <remote interface IP address>

For dynamically assignment for local IP address, specify:

    set ifaddr 0 <remote interface IP address>

Please refer `on demand example' of /etc/ppp/ppp.conf.sampe

candy@fct.kgc.co.jp (Toshihiro Kanda)



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