From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Nov 11 06:49:45 1996 Return-Path: owner-hackers Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id GAA17578 for hackers-outgoing; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 06:49:45 -0800 (PST) Received: from etinc.com (et-gw-fr1.etinc.com [204.141.244.98]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id GAA17568 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 06:49:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from ntws (ntws.etinc.com [204.141.95.142]) by etinc.com (8.6.12/8.6.9) with SMTP id JAA01072; Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:53:19 -0500 Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:53:19 -0500 Message-Id: <199611111453.JAA01072@etinc.com> X-Sender: dennis@etinc.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Version 2.0.3 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: "James Gardiner [hunter]" From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) Subject: Re: Setting PPP netmask! HOW! Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Sender: owner-hackers@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk >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