Date: Thu, 09 Dec 1999 23:03:12 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn <garyj@peedub.muc.de> To: freebsd-isdn@freebsd.org Subject: Re: i4b syncppp not talking with Ascend Max - followup Message-ID: <199912092203.XAA09687@peedub.muc.de> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 08 Dec 1999 22:22:50 GMT." <199912082222.WAA17842@hak.lan.Awfulhak.org>
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Brian Somers writes: >> As a followup to my previous mail, it seems like this trivial change >> should allow each isp interface (up to 15) to be assigned a unique >> address. I expect that this would eliminate the problems which we've >> been seeing when more than one interface has 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.1 assigned, >> since we could now use 0.0.0.0/[0.0.0.1 thru 0.0.0.15] instead, which >> should be enough for most users ;-) >[.....] > >I don't really think this is the right way to go... these magic IP >numbers should be chosen by the user..... I feel the same about >0.0.0.0 though. > >In real life, there should be a way of UPing an interface without >assigning a local address, having ports bind to this ``to be >assigned'' address and then ultimately tidying everything up when >the interface is finally configured. Until then, nothing can arrive >on the interface, but stuff can be routed to wherever the destination >address points. The local address 0.0.0.0 is reasonable, but lots >more support is needed - it's non-trivial :-| > exactly - it's non-trivial. My patch at least offers a possibility to avoid the problems associated with multiple interfaces with 0/1 addresses. And it's hackish, just like the original "fix" to the problem ;-) But we really should revamp the whole sPPP interface issue. _I_ don't plan to do it in the foreseeable future, though. --- Gary Jennejohn / garyj@muc.de garyj@fkr.cpqcorp.net gj@freebsd.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-isdn" in the body of the message
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