From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Feb 16 11:23:38 1999 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 LAA23328 for ; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 11:23:31 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (keep.lan.Awfulhak.org [172.16.0.8]) by awfulhak.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA14003; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 19:21:59 GMT (envelope-from brian@Awfulhak.org) Received: from keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by keep.lan.Awfulhak.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id SAA00418; Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:43:03 GMT (envelope-from brian@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org) Message-Id: <199902161843.SAA00418@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Leif Neland cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: user-ppp, dialin and dialout, fixed ip. In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 15 Feb 1999 00:52:42 +0100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Tue, 16 Feb 1999 18:43:03 +0000 From: Brian Somers Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > My home machine has a fixed ip when connecting to the Livingston 2e at > work. I usually originate the call, but when at work, I sometimes want to > call home. > > home -> work goes on tun0, but when mgetty sees the call, it gets > connected to tun1. However, this fails, because tun0 already uses the > fixed ip. > > How do I get mgetty to connect to the "sleeping" ppp on tun0? Or is there > a way to "steal" the ip from tun0 and give it to tun1? > > If I kill ppp on tun0, I can call in from work to home. Get the -direct ppp to either kill the other one and restart it on exit or get it to reconfigure the running one so that nothing conflicts. > Also, the Livingston 2e seems to be able to do dialback. Can I use this > wuth userland-ppp? Yes. Look at the man pages and sample files (search for callback). > Leif@neland.dk -- 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