Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 00:54:17 +0100 From: Brian Somers <brian@Awfulhak.org> To: Ilia Chipitsine <ilia@cgilh.chel.su> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ppp question Message-ID: <199906122354.AAA28618@keep.lan.Awfulhak.org> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 12 Jun 1999 22:36:37 %2B0600." <Pine.BSF.4.05.9906122231020.498-100000@localhost.cgu.chel.su>
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> Hi, > i need to set up a ppp connection > > 195.54.15.228 < ---- > 195.54.15.86 > (my machine) (server) > > it's not Class C network, so I tried to > include > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.254.0 0.0.0.0 > or > set ifaddr 10.0.0.1/0 10.0.0.2/0 255.255.0.0 0.0.0.0 > to /etc/ppp/ppp.conf set ifaddr 195.54.15.228 195.54.15.86 255.255.255.0 may be more straight to the point :-) > it connects well, but 'ifconfig -a' gives > tun0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 > inet 195.54.15.228 --> 195.54.14.86 netmask 0xffffff00 > ^^ > i expected 0xfffffe00 here > > why ? i suspect that is the reason why it doesn't even ping other > side of peer. Netmasks are ignored for point-to-point links... this shouldn't have anything to do with your problem, but the latest versions of ppp *should* get the netmask right. Take a look at the FAQ (http://www.FreeBSD.org/FAQ/userppp.html) to get some hints on how to diagnose your problem. > Regards, (Наилучшие пожелания) > > Ilia Chipitsine (Илья Шипицин) -- Brian <brian@Awfulhak.org> <brian@FreeBSD.org> <http://www.Awfulhak.org>; <brian@OpenBSD.org> Don't _EVER_ lose your sense of humour ! <brian@uk.FreeBSD.org> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the messagehome | help
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