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[.....]
>    The other problem I've had has occured only in FreeBSD-stable.
> Under -release, I was able to do "ppp -alias provider >& /dev/null &"
[.....]

Mmmm, "ppp -alias provider" *never* did anything except give you an 
interactive session.  Do you mean "ppp -alias -auto provider" ?

> Bret Ford

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