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Date:      Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:53:19 -0500
From:      dennis@etinc.com (dennis)
To:        "James Gardiner [hunter]" <james@planetx.com.au>
Cc:        hackers@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Setting PPP netmask! HOW!
Message-ID:  <199611111453.JAA01072@etinc.com>

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>Hello all,
>
>I'm using PPP under 2.1.5 to connect to my ISP.  I have my own
>C-Class but currently it is trashed as PPP under freebsd seems
>to not give you the option to set the netmask!!  I have looked
>through the manuals with no help.  I have made many guess attempts
>in the config files to see if it had any effect NADA!

Thats because FreeBSD is smart enough to know how to route to 
a host address, unlike many of the more popular routers on the
market. I believe that the netmask is meaningless on a PTP interface,
so even if you get it to display the way you want  you won't have
achieved much of anything.

Dennis




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