Date: Mon, 11 Nov 1996 09:53:19 -0500 From: dennis@etinc.com (dennis) To: "James Gardiner [hunter]" <james@planetx.com.au> Cc: hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Setting PPP netmask! HOW! Message-ID: <199611111453.JAA01072@etinc.com>
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>Hello all, > >I'm using PPP under 2.1.5 to connect to my ISP. I have my own >C-Class but currently it is trashed as PPP under freebsd seems >to not give you the option to set the netmask!! I have looked >through the manuals with no help. I have made many guess attempts >in the config files to see if it had any effect NADA! Thats because FreeBSD is smart enough to know how to route to a host address, unlike many of the more popular routers on the market. I believe that the netmask is meaningless on a PTP interface, so even if you get it to display the way you want you won't have achieved much of anything. Dennis
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