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Jay L. WestFeb 8, 1996 1:13 am 
Nate WilliamsFeb 8, 1996 10:10 am 
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Nate WilliamsFeb 9, 1996 7:47 am 
we...@intele.netFeb 9, 1996 11:10 pm 
Jay L. WestFeb 12, 1996 11:32 pm 
Jay L. WestFeb 12, 1996 11:40 pm 
Nate WilliamsFeb 13, 1996 7:23 am 
Nate WilliamsFeb 13, 1996 7:32 am 
Subject:Re: Several misc. questions on user mode PPP
From:Jay L. West (jlw@tseinc.com)
Date:Feb 12, 1996 11:40:50 pm
List:org.freebsd.freebsd-questions

At 08:47 AM 2/9/96 -0700, you wrote:

I think he was just looking for a somewhat more elegant way to starting the interface, as opposed to editing /etc/netstart, which is now supposed to be sacrosanct. Try the following:

Hmm, that's not the impression I got. He was using -auto already, but needed to pint the remote host to get things started.

I was wanting to have the system bring up the link (ie. dial) upon bootup without haveing to do the ping command to 'fudge' an outgoing packet. But I do think the start_if.interface script is rather elegant, and will do it that way. (Albeit, that doesn't solve the original question).

Jay West