From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 28 8:52:50 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from laker.net (laker.net [205.245.74.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 12F56154E8 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 08:52:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sfriedri@laker.net) Received: from nt (host-209-214-170-130.sdf.bellsouth.net [209.214.170.130]) by laker.net (8.9.0/8.9.0-LAKERNET-We-do-not-relay) with SMTP id LAA18365 for ; Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:51:29 -0400 Message-Id: <199907281551.LAA18365@laker.net> From: "Steve Friedrich" To: "FreeBSD Questions" Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 11:48:43 -0400 Reply-To: "Steve Friedrich" X-Mailer: PMMail 98 Professional (2.01.1600) For Windows NT (4.0.1381;3) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Sysadmin question about network startup Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG I have an old 486/66 running FreeBSD 2.2.8 acting as an Internet gateway for my home LAN. It provides dial-on-demand PPP access to my ISP. Recently, I've modified it to get the current time from my ISP via ntpdate (during initial boot) and I provide time services to local workstations via xntpd. The problem is that the PPP connection doesn't get started until rc.local, which is long after rc.network, therefore ntpdate can't access my ISP. In which rc file should I start my PPP? I'm using user-land PPP. Please note that I'm looking for an answer from someone able to answer according to "official" system admin practice. I can engineer a hack myself 8o) Steve Friedrich Windows 98: n. useless extension to a minor patch release for 32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor, written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for 1 bit of competition. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message