Date: Fri, 9 Feb 1996 23:10:58 -0800 From: wes@intele.net To: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Several misc. questions on user mode PPP Message-ID: <199602100710.XAA02873@obie.softweyr.com> In-Reply-To: <199602091547.IAA12567@rocky.sri.MT.net> References: <27134221@toto.iv> <199602090735.XAA01642@obie.softweyr.com> <199602091547.IAA12567@rocky.sri.MT.net>
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Recently, I blathered:
> Create a script called /etc/start_if.tun0 containing, i.e.:
>
> #! /bin/sh
> #
> # Script to start ppp daemon in autodialer mode.
> # Wes Peters, 22 Jan 1996.
> #
> echo "Starting PPP link to InteleNET on tun0:" > /dev/console
> ppp -auto intelenet
Nate Williams pointed out:
% Except that the link won't start w/out a packet going to the remote
% site.
Oops. Right. Add 'ping -i 10 -c 1 intele.net' (or, obviously, some
machine outside your network but close to your PPP router) after the
'ppp -auto' command. This ping will exit as soon as it receives an
ECHO_RESPONSE packet.
--
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Softweyr | The cannons don't thunder, there's nothing to plunder
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