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From: James Raynard <jraynard@dial.pipex.com>
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To: crosswjo@hp-pcd.cv.hp.com
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In-reply-to: <9604081753.AA11261@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com> (message from John Crosswhite on Mon, 08 Apr 96 10:53:15 -0700)
Subject: Re: User PPP rtinit problems...
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>>>>> John Crosswhite <crosswjo@hpcvusd.cv.hp.com> writes:
> 
> Now, this might be associated with the same problem.  My provider allocates
> IPs dynamically.  What kind of a line should I put in my /etc/hosts
> file??  I say this because the sysconfig line for ifconfig references 
> the hostname in hosts.  If the wrong IP is given in hosts, how can 
> tun0 be configured correctly?  

As far as I am aware, ppp ignores the contents of the /etc/hosts file
and uses the IP addresses given to the `set ifaddr' command. (See the
section `Connecting with your service provider' in the ppp man page).

I use `set ifaddr 0 0' for dynamic addressing, which means that ppp
uses the address the other end gives it.

> So, what it comes down to is this.  How can tun0 be properly configured on
> startup if I give it a bogus IP which will be different from my Provider's 
> allocated IP?

Don't bother configuring tun0 at startup - ppp will configure it for
you.

> Anyone have a working dynamic IP user PPP configuration?  Could you send me
> your /etc/hosts, /etc/sysconfig, and ppp configuration files?

Here's my ppp.conf file (with certain details obscured 8-)

default:
 set device /dev/cuaa1
 set speed 57600
 disable lqr
 deny lqr
 set dial "ABORT BUSY ABORT NO\\sCARRIER TIMEOUT 5 \"\" ATE1Q0 OK-AT-OK \\dATDT\\T TIMEOUT 40 CONNECT"

pipex:
 set phone 123456789
 set login "TIMEOUT 5 login:-\\r-login: MY_LOG word: MY_PASS ocol: ppp"
 set timeout 120
 set ifaddr 0 0

James