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I am not using ppp.linkup or ppp.linkdown.  The ppp configuration is
the same that worked without a flaw under 2.2.5.  Does anybody have
any ideas on what is causing this and how to get rid of the problem?

Thanks in advance for any help.

Regards,
Moby.

ppp on 2.2.8 has the "sticky routes" stuff, which I believe
allows the very first net access to work correctly when
in -alias mode.  However it creates that mess of the
growing address list most of which are stale.

By disabling sticky routes ("disable sroutes" in your
ppp.conf) the problem went away.

Hope this helps.  And hope Brian Somers will somehow or
other fix this :)

Regards

  -T.W.Chan-

Thanks again,
Moby.

1)  I put "disable sroutes" in my ppp.conf.  Even after this, every time
I do ifconfig tun0, I see all the previous addresses.

2)  I put "iface clear" in ppp.linkdown.  After doing this, the whole
thing stopped working.  The machine would dial real quick and then just
stop.  This might have something to do with the paragraph below.

I ought to add that I am running ppp with the following command "ppp
-auto -alias pmdemand".  The FreeBSD machine is acting as an Internet
gateway for a bunch of assorted Micro$oft machines.  I think using
"iface clear" in ppp.linkdown somehow messed up the aliasing or routing
stuff in the BSD box.

One more thing that I am thinking of trying, perhaps tomorrow if I can
find the time, is not to use -alias on the PPP command line and instead
use NATD for IP masquerading.  I am not really too enthusiastic about
doing that since right now everything works, except for the fact of a
growing list of address under tun0.  I am not sure how ICQ, FTP, and
various other things used by my users will do with NATD.  I guess I will
find out!.

Regards,
Moby.

Quote:>I ought to add that I am running ppp with the following command "ppp
>-auto -alias pmdemand".  The FreeBSD machine is acting as an Internet
>gateway for a bunch of assorted Micro$oft machines.  I think using
>"iface clear" in ppp.linkdown somehow messed up the aliasing or routing
>stuff in the BSD box.

After installing 2.2.8 I did setup ppp by this way and met the same
problem as you do. So, I thing the first step to avoid its is delete
"-alias" from ppp start file (/etc/start_if.tunX). I'll try it as soon
as possible (I can't stop internet access for our network just for fun).

Have a nice day.

BTW, the part of map ppp:

       iface-alias
         Default: Enabled if -alias is specified.  This option simply tells
!!!>     ppp to add new interface addresses to the interface rather than re-
         placing them.  The option can only be enabled if IP aliasing is en-
         abled (``alias enable yes'').

         With this option enabled, ppp will pass traffic for old interface
ad-
         dresses through the IP alias engine (see libalias(5)),  resulting
in
         the ability (in -auto mode) to properly connect the process that
         caused the PPP link to come up in the first place.

         Disabling IP aliasing with ``alias enable off'' will also disable
         `iface-alias'.