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From: michael butler <imb@asstdc.scgt.oz.au>
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Subject: Re: slattach!!!!!!!
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Mike O'Brien writes:

> 	I'm curious about this whole reconnection thing.  In all the
> PPP cases I know, the providers do dynamic address assignment ..

If you are acting as their client, doesn't the PPP address negotiation (by
setting the remote end to 0.0.0.0) and subsequent interface manipulation do
the job ?

If you ARE the service provider, I haven't found a method of dynamic
reassignment for FreeBSD (yet) .. suggestions anyone ?

	michael