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Date:      Tue, 20 Oct 1998 13:01:03 +0100
From:      Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org>
To:        "Roger P. Johnson" <rpj@fep.hirshfields.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Can you use 1 modem for 2 or more on demand, outgoing PPP routes through it ? 
Message-ID:  <199810201201.NAA07920@woof.lan.awfulhak.org>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 19 Oct 1998 08:15:17 CDT." <199810191315.IAA05026@fep.hirshfields.com> 

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> Hi,
> 
> 
>       After reading the HOW-TO's and man pages, I still have this
> nagging question.
> 
>       How do I set up PPP config files to use one modem for 2 or
> more on demand PPP connections as below:
> 
>      Only one remote machine/route will/should be in use at any one time,
> so I shouldn't have conflicts about modem not available.
> 
> 
> 
>       MAIN OFFICE             (PHONES LINES)         REMOTE LOCATIONS
> 
> +-----------+                                         +------------+
> |  FreeBSD  |==== [modem]   ------------- [modem]==== | FreeBSD #1 |
> +-----------+               \                         +------------+
> 192.168.195.104              \                         192.168.5.101
>                               \
>                                \                      +------------+
>                                 --------- [modem]==== | FreeBSD #2 |
>                                  \                    +------------+
>                                   \                    192.168.7.101
>                                    \
>                                     \   .. and so on
>                                      \     .. and so on ...
> 
>      
> 
>      Q. How does one associate a phone number with a route ?
>            ie. if routing 192.168.5.101 through tun0, use
>                    the phone number of 123-4567
>                if routing 192.168.7.101 through tun0, use
>                    the phone number of 987-6543

Run ppp more than once:

remote1:
 load common-stuff
 set ifaddr 1.2.3.4 192.168.5.101
 set phone 123-4567

remote2:
 load common-stuff
 set ifaddr 1.2.3.4 192.168.7.101
 set phone 987-6543

>      Q. Will I have to dedicate one modem for each route to
>         the other machines instead?

No.  Just one ppp invocation per route.

>      Q. Is anyone else doing this ?

Probably :-)

>    All replies welcomed!
> 
>      Roger

-- 
Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org>, <brian@FreeBSD.org>, <brian@OpenBSD.org>
      <http://www.Awfulhak.org>;
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