Date: Fri, 19 Sep 1997 13:12:01 +0930 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: xiyuan qian <xiyuan@npc.haplink.co.cn> Cc: danny@panda.hilink.com.au, freebsd-isp@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Limiting users connect time (+ another little questi Message-ID: <19970919131201.64155@lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <199709190941.JAA15992@npc.haplink.co.cn>; from xiyuan qian on Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 09:41:49AM %2B0000 References: <199709190941.JAA15992@npc.haplink.co.cn>
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On Fri, Sep 19, 1997 at 09:41:49AM +0000, xiyuan qian wrote: > PS. I have setup a FreeBSD server running ppp dialout to an ISP to get a > dynamic IP address, but I can not run ppp -auto ispsite to make the > connection auto, it always tell me "you must assign dstaddr to make the > connection", why? ppp -auto triggers on the destination IP address in the packet. In order for it to work, the packet has to be routed via the PPP interface. In order to set up a route, you need a destination address for the PPP link. In order to do that, you really need static addressing. I'd be interested to know if anybody has been able to set up automatic dialling with a loose destination address (e.g. "I want address 193.2.3.4, but I'll only insist on the first 24 bits). It could work, but I don't know for sure, and I'd *like* to know for sure. Greg
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