Date: Sun, 24 Sep 1995 12:25:49 +0100 (MET) From: Christian Kratzer <ck@toplink.de> To: imb@scgt.oz.au (michael butler) Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: pppd server with dynamic ip assignment Message-ID: <199509241125.MAA01651@toplink1.toplink.net> In-Reply-To: <199509241112.VAA18836@asstdc.scgt.oz.au> from "michael butler" at Sep 24, 95 09:12:04 pm
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Hi > > Some time ago I hacked a small Extension to pppd that has been performing > > quite well. I would like to contribute it to freebsd. > > Yes, please :-) Fixing an IP address to each modem, whilst it's simple, is > not the way I want to do things .. ok! What do I have to do to get this thing into freebsd ? Should I post it to this list or should I contact the keeper of the pppd port ????? Would the person responsible for this please get in touch with me ? > Why do you need proxy-arp ? I haven't found any need for it since the patch > to enable a netmask of 255.255.255.255 in pppd was posted (in '-current'). I > don not know if the same patch has propagated into -stable. > I suspect that proxy-arp combined with using the same address for ppp > interfaces as ethernet doesn't get on at all well. > > Actually, I prefer to have all my dial-ins allocated out of a subnet that > isn't the same as my "home" subnet(s) as I can then use fewer IPFW rules to > prevent access to things. > > I do also have a question for hackers that might be a good thing to solve We do not yet run gated or anything similar so proxy arp was the quickest way to get started as we also have dial ins divided over two machines currently. ;-( > > Sep 23 21:28:15 mail pppd[25600]: ioctl (PPPIOCGFLAGS): Inappropriate > > ioctl for device > > I've used pppd with '-stable' and '-current' but I don't see this, only gated > complaining about a route that was there when it last looked and that isn't > any more because pppd deleted it :-) I'm using mgetty on the cuaa devices, > however, because the same lines also take inbound fidonet callers .. > I now have 2.0.5 running and will check that as soon as I get around to it. Thanks for the comments Christian -- TopLink GbR, Internet Services info@toplink.de Christian Kratzer http://www.toplink.de/ Phone: +49 7452 87174 Fax: +49 7452 87175 FreeBSD spoken here!
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