[NTLUG:Discuss] pppd

[MadHat]

Cameron wrote:
> 
> * madhat at unspecific.com [2000.07.18 08:40]:
> : I have looked, but have not been able to find an answer.  I have a
> : machine that I am using for a dial-up line tester (it dials up to
> : different pops and verifies connectivity) that is on my local LAN.
> : Currently to get the dialer to work, I have to shutdown the lan, dial,
> : test, kill pppd and ifconfig ppp0 down, then bring the LAN back up...
> : when I leave the LAN up, I get an error that says I am not allowed to
> : use the new IP that is being assigned by the dialup.  I feel I am
> : missing a switch on pppd.  Any ideas?
> :
> : It has been too long since I used pppd directly, the GUIs have made me
> : lazy *snif* :^(
> : --
> : MadHat at unspecific.com
> 
> have you looked at at /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ppp?  might
> find some hints there.

Thanks.  Nothing I noticed, but I will go over it again.  Since what I
am having to do iss dialing into 50 or so POPs around the country, I am
not using the standard scripts, but mine are derived from the standards.

-- 
MadHat at unspecific.com
                                   "The 3 great virtues of a programmer:
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