You are correct that in many enviroments the netmask MUST be set
to 255.255.255.255.  The following change allows that value to be set by
pppd's "options" ( either in a file or on the command line ).

	Paul Shupak


*** /usr/src/usr.sbin/pppd/options.c	Sun Apr 14 18:56:23 1996
--- /usr/src/usr.sbin/pppd/options.c-ORIG	Fri Nov 22 07:53:23 1996
***************
*** 1477,1490 ****
  setnetmask(argv)
      char **argv;
  {
!     struct in_addr mask;
  
!     if ( !inet_aton(*argv, &mask) || (netmask & ~mask.s_addr) != 0) {
  	fprintf(stderr, "Invalid netmask %s\n", *argv);
  	return 0;
      }
  
!     netmask = mask.s_addr;
      return (1);
  }
  
--- 1477,1490 ----
  setnetmask(argv)
      char **argv;
  {
!     u_int32_t mask;
  
!     if ((mask = inet_addr(*argv)) == -1 || (netmask & ~mask) != 0) {
  	fprintf(stderr, "Invalid netmask %s\n", *argv);
  	return 0;
      }
  
!     netmask = mask;
      return (1);
  }