On Sun, Mar 25, 2001 at 02:46:22AM +0100, Brian Somers wrote:
> > > On Fri, Mar 23, 2001 at 23:11:56 +0000, Brian Somers wrote:
> > > > 1. Ppp is in -auto mode (or a ``set mode auto'' has been done).
> > > > Here, ppp configures the interface as soon as it sees the ``set
> > > > ifaddr'' line and never undoes that configuration. An ``add''
> > > > with a fixed IP number would never have worked if it's before the
> > > > ``set ifaddr''. If it's after the ``set ifaddr'', nothing should
> > > > ever remove it (as the interface will stay configured).
> > > >
> > > > 2. Ppp is not in -auto mode. Here, ppp won't assign the interface
> > > > address 'till IPCP is up. Any attempt to ``add'' a route with a
> > > > static IP number in ppp.conf should fail.
> > > >
> > > > So, the recent routing changes shouldn't have made a difference.
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know what I'm missing ? Andre, what does your ppp.conf look
> > > > like and how are you running ppp ?
> > >
> > > ppp in -auto mode, "add" is after "set ifaddr"
> >
> > In which case your interface should stay configured despite the link
> > coming down and your route should *not* be deleted.
> >
> > I'll see if I can reproduce this here (I need to upgrade a machine
> > first).
>
> This was happening because ppp was deleting then re-adding the
> interface address when IPCP came up, causing the new routing code to
> nuke the static route. I've added an optimisation to stop this from
> happening, so your configuration should work ok again with
> src/usr.sbin/ppp/iface.c 1.17.
>
You mean, ppp(8) does not do this now if negotiated address does not change?
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