From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Sep 24 16:13:21 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id QAA06058 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:13:21 -0700 (PDT) Received: from smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (smmcdialin.ultra.net.au [203.56.101.65]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id QAA06047 for ; Wed, 24 Sep 1997 16:13:13 -0700 (PDT) Received: from station1.ultra.net.au (blue.colour.ultra.net.au [203.20.237.151]) by smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au (8.7.5/8.7.3) with SMTP id HAA25783; Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:57:08 +1000 (EST) Message-Id: <199709242157.HAA25783@smmcroute.smmc.qld.edu.au> Comments: Authenticated sender is From: "Keith Spencer" Organization: St Margaret Marys College To: Greg Lehey , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Date: Fri, 25 Apr 1997 09:11:56 +1000 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Subject: Greg & all...start_if.tun0 <> OK Priority: normal X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v2.53/R1) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Hi, I followed your previous instructions to auto start ppp at boot. In rc.local the command ppp -auto -alias ISP works. I put this line in /etc/start_if.tun0 instaead as suggested & it doesn't appear to work. i.e. ping xx.xx.xx.xx doesn't initiate a dial out. Other strange effects...Have I got things set up right??... with ppp -auto ISP running a) ping localhost gives a blank line b) ping xx.xx.xx.xx gives a blank line response as well c) ifconfig -a reports none of the interfaces...lo0 tun0 de0 sl0 as being RUNNING or UP ???? I feel so far I have learnt a hell-a-va-lot, but sooo many things don't seem to function! I guess I'll keep trying : ^ ( I didn't really think my system was at all exotic but fbsd perhaps thinks so? P.S I still have no syslogd running....the system seems to remove the /var/run/log thing each time I boot...ho hum Joke...what do you call a fly with no wings....a walk ; ^) Thanks for your eye/ear Keith Spencer Teacher...St Margaret Marys College Townsville Australia